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General Thoracic-Miscellaneous
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Apps proliferate amid concerns about medical use
DENVER – Do you need a stethoscope, a blood pressure monitor, or a tool to assess cardiac rhythms? There are apps for that. In fact, by recent count there are more than 200,000 applications of technology – or "apps" – available for smartphones or tablet devices, and they’re being used... »
New AATS Leadership Course Fills an Emerging Need
Advances in technology from new forms of operative procedures, medical treatment, and imaging to electronic health record systems are rapidly changing thoracic surgery practice and cost structure. In addition, new government and insurance initiatives are changing the playing field at the same time... » The 2008 Medicare policy to withhold payment for treating certain hospital-acquired infections failed to decrease infection rates in U.S. hospitals, according to a report published online in the New England Journal of Medicine.
In a study involving a total of 398 hospitals or medical systems... » SAN FRANCISCO – Successful outcomes in 74 of 79 patients who underwent robotic-assisted thymectomy suggest that the technology is safe and feasible, results of a multicenter European study demonstrate.
Dr. Franca Melfi, of the University of Pisa in Italy, reported on 79 patients with early... » Interns beginning their surgical training under the new resident duty-hour standards appear to be less pessimistic than program directors, but they still show significant concern that these new regulations will have a detrimental effect on the quality of their training, according to the results of... »
Nonpayment Fails to Help Infection Rates
New Data Back Safety of Robotic-Assisted Thymectomy
Duty-Hour Surveys Separate Interns, Program Directors
DETROIT – Rural hospitals will need to devise unique strategies to enhance hiring and retention in the face of a looming shortage of almost 30,000 surgeons over the next 20 years. “We think this shortage will result in... »
Surgeon Recruitment Plagues Rural Hospitals
DETROIT – Rural hospitals will need to devise unique strategies to enhance hiring and retention in the face of a looming shortage of almost 30,000 surgeons over the next 20 years. “We think this shortage will result in... »
Hospitals Should Scrutinize Portable Electronics
Hospitals and hospitalists should expect more aggressive enforcement of protected health information regulations following a $1 million settlement paid by Massachusetts General Physicians Organization Inc. over documents... »
| May 26 - 29 Birmingham, | European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS): 21st European Conference on General Thoracic Surgery |
| Jun 12 - 15 Chicago, IL | American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO): Annual Conference |
| Jun 12 - 15 Prague, | International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS) |
| Jun 26 - 29 Coeur d'Alene, ID | Western Thoracic Surgical Association (WTSA): Annual Meeting |
| Jun 27 - 29 Frankfurt, | Congenital and Structural Interventions (CSI 2013) |