Editor's Note
The Joint Commission on December 5 announced a new, free educational tool that details wrong-site surgery safety strategies--identifying risk factors and possible ways to improve processes.
The case study lays out a situation in which a patient is scheduled for transbronchial biopsies of the right upper lung but has biopsies of the left lung instead.
The tool asks readers:
From integrating new technology to navigating shifts in care delivery…
Takeaways From mobile phone apps to immersive virtual reality surgery…
What if a surgeon decided to perform a procedure on…