Videos
7/1/2011
Phil Schauer, MD, director of the Bariatric and Metabolic Institute at the Cleveland Clinic, presents the two very important trends happening in the field of bariatric surgery.
7/1/2011
Bariatric surgeon Peter LePort, MD, explains that it's going to be very important for hospitals, programs and physicians' offices to be able to show what the quality is and what the safety issues and concerns are of the patients.
6/30/2011
T. Karl Bryne, MD, professor of surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses analyzing surgery claims, finding the root cause of the claim and using the lessons learned from those claims to improve the bariatric surgical practice.
6/30/2011
Jim Saxton, Esquire, chair of the Healthcare Litigation and Safety Group, talks about working with doctors, nurses, risk managers and quality experts on helping bariatric and general surgeons around the country with risk management issues. Here's what his group has learned.
3/9/2011
Surgical Excellence is an organization composed of professionals both in the healthcare field as well as the medical field who have come together to provide a service for hospitals and surgeons to maximize the quality of care they are delivering.
3/9/2011
Dr. Phil Schauer's primary focus has been on gastrointestinal surgery, advanced laparoscopic surgery and bariatric surgery.
3/9/2011
An age-old problem for surgeons is that of informed consent. Surgical Excellence studied why surgeons lose or feel like they're going to lose an informed consent case. Here's what was found.
3/9/2011
You can impact your liability exposure. Based on studies over the years, 50% of your liability exposure can be reduced if you embrace certain liability reduction strategies.
3/9/2011
"Five Star" is about consistently being patient- and family-focused to offer quality service.
3/9/2011
A real area of exposure for surgeons is non-complying patients, and it can be very complicated with bariatric surgery.
January 10, 2012
Endoscopy plays an important role in the diagnosis and treatment of digestive diseases. The benefits are maximized when procedures are performed at an optimal level of quality. ... Read more »
January 3, 2012
Washington, DC,- A showdown over a payroll tax cut extension nearly caused the reduction to take effect Jan. 1, prompting CMS to prepare a claims processing hold. ... Read more »
December 16, 2011
December 15, 2011 – At the Institute for Healthcare Improvement forum in Orlando last week, two sessions were established to discuss how to tackle the challenging problem of getting recalc... Read more »
November 1, 2011
October 31, 2011 – Two studies were unveiled today at the American College of Gastroenterology's (ACG) 76th Annual Science meeting in Washington, D.C. revealing that while social media sites lik... Read more »
October 24, 2011
Washington, DC, October 20, 2011 - Today, officials from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced changes in the final ACO rule which included some concessions by the Obama ... Read more »
February 19, 2012 - February 22, 2012
Philip Schauer, MD will be presenting "“Cutting Edge Techniques on the Horizon for the Treatment of Obesity”/“Gastric Plication” This program will provide attending surge... Read more »
February 20, 2012 - February 25, 2012
Stop by Booth No. 117 and meet some of the Surgical Excellence team. Philip R. Schauer, MD, Director, Advanced Laparoscopic and Bariatric Surgery Cleveland Clinic and Board President of Surgical E... Read more »
March 7, 2012 - March 12, 2012
Philip Schauer, MD will be presenting "Bariatric Surgery Nightmares: Prevention and Management of Complications" at the 2012 SAGES Annual Meeting in San Diego, California, “Tomorrow i... Read more »