Its an idea that could save Medicare billions of dollars a year, but it would have a major impact on physicians' revenuecutting payments to surgeons and increasing those to primary care doctors. The idea is to reduce bundled payments for surgical procedures, which include post-operative visits that in many cases never happen, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine Continue reading →

It has been nearly 8 weeks since I had open heart surgery, and I recently realized what a huge difference just a few weeks make. Continue reading →

Medicare could have reducedreimbursements for undelivered postoperative care by $2.6 billion in2018, according to a RAND Corporation study released Wednesday afternoon. Researchers found that between 2017 to 2019, Medicare paid for postoperative visits for nearly all minor surgical procedures, even though only 4% of those procedures resulted ina postoperative visit. Continue reading →

For Dr. Christian Bermudez, the path to a career in medicine seemed natural from an early age. Born to two Chilean doctors training in Washington, D.C., Bermudez grew up in an environment where he heard the medical jargon found in laboratories and operating rooms within his own kitchen and living room Continue reading →

More than 1000 French doctors, including 600 heads of service, have announced their "unprecedented and difficult decision" to resign from their administrative roles from 14th January 2020 if the "inadequacy" of recent emergency government measures is not rectified. The announcement was made in an open letter, published in Libration on 13th January, to Agns Buzyn, the French Minister of Health, in response to a three-point plan announced by the government on 20th November to improve staff morale, cut red tape and free-up additional resources Continue reading →

Researchers from Chinas Zhejiang University are looking for new ways to improve preoperative planning for procedures for children, with their findings outlined in the recently published Utility of three-dimensional printing in preoperative planning for children with anomalous pulmonary venous connection: a singer center experience. Many of the greatest benefits were put into action for this study as the 3D printed models could be used for completing diagnosis, assessing treatment options, and planning for surgery Continue reading →

Hamilton General Hospital exceededits total capacity almost every singleday for acute care within the first six months of 2019and its adult surgery unit has been overcapacity for the past three-and-a-half years. The head of clinical operations at Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) says that the adult medical surgical unit at Hamilton General Hospital has been running over capacity since August 2016 and staff are doing all they can to support patients. Executive vice president clinical operations and chief operating officer Dr. Continue reading →

This was Eastern Health CEO David Diamond's office setup for the three nights he spent at the Health Sciences Centre following Friday's storm. - Contributed Eastern Health CEO David Diamond has spent a lot of time at his office in the Health Sciences Centre of late more perhaps than he bargained for. He arrived there last Friday morning and didn't get home until Monday night, and slept on a cot in his office. Continue reading →

A recent market study published by Marketresearch.biz in its upcoming report outlook titled, Cardiac Surgery Instruments Market: Global Industry Analysis and Astonishing Growth [2020-2029] offers key market insights and emerging trends on the global Cardiac Surgery Instruments market. The report has offered an exhaustive analysis of the Cardiac Surgery Instruments Market taking into consideration all the crucial aspects like growth factors, constraints, market developments, and future prospects. Continue reading →