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CoapTech’s PUMA-G System allows initial gastrostomy tube placement by non-surgeons/ gastroenterologists, outside of the endoscopy suite, using point-of-care ultrasound at the patient bedside. This novel approach can be performed in the ICU, emergency room, and eventually outside of the hospital setting, substantially reducing costs for tube placement. ...
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According to a survey of respiratory care thought leaders commissioned by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC), almost 90% felt that they were either already in the midst of a local shortage of RTs or one was imminent.1 In the same survey, those leaders felt that a major driver of this shortage was an increase in the need for high-quality ...
The new time-motion study found potential benefits from geographic cohorting such as increased number of bedside visits and time spent by the hospitalist with patients, yet the researchers also reported that geographically cohorted hospitalists were observed to be interrupted more frequently than hospitalists caring for patients spread across the hospital. ...