Ideas That Work: Sticky Solution; Gum Speeds Up Post-Op Digestive Function

Ideas That Work: Team Building; Let Staff Show Their True Colors

The Building Blocks of Regional Anesthesia; A back-to-basics approach is needed to expand the use of one of the most effective ways to manage post-op pain.

Like many Americans, my life has been radically altered by the opioid crisis. More than a decade ago, a family member was prescribed 50 pills of OxyContin for a relatively...

Those who accuse surgery of fanning the flames of the opioid epidemic point to misguided efforts to mask virtually all post-op pain and discomfort by writing...

To prevent the next patient from getting hooked on opioids, let’s first consider what helped cause the national epidemic to spiral out of control. It wasn’t surgeons passing...

Standardized Scripts for Every Surgery; Tailoring pill counts to procedure type will right-size your post-op opioid prescriptions.

One of our facility's surgeons is well known for sending patients home after surgery with 3 opioid pills. That's it. His patients are initially surprised and wonder if that will be...

You could make a legitimate argument that the CDC’s labeling of pain as “the fifth vital sign” in 2001 did more harm than good and directly contributed to the current opioid...

Nerve blocks are the most targeted form of analgesia available, arming your anesthesia providers with the ability to direct local anesthetics to specific areas of the body to...

Why does the opioid epidemic hit home for you? Ilan Kirsh, my best friend from childhood, died on the stoop of my apartment in...

Who Has Access to Your Medications? Reduce diversion risks with these drug security and disposal solutions.

Master of the Airway; Are your providers comfortable with an airway device in their hands?

Ideas That Work: Cap and Gown; Caps Put Smiles on Kids' Faces

Boost Your Adenoma Detection Rate; ADR is the gold standard in colonoscopy quality. Do you measure up?

Ideas That Work: Seeing Is Believing; Pictures Are Worth a Thousand Warnings

Salary Survey: Your annual paycheck checkup

Ideas That Work: Staff-Made Reference Videos; An In-house Library Of How-to Instruction

Safety: Simulate Emergencies in Bedside Mock Drills; Let staff practice their response to urgent situations before they occur

Ideas That Work: Facility Feud; Game-show Themed Events Help Safety Training Stick