Obesity Surgery: Patient Safety and Best Practices
Stephanie B. Jones, MD and Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS
| Product Details | |
| Product ID: | OS100 |
| Year Produced: | 2008 |
| Pages: | 516 |
| Dimensions: | 8.625x11 in |
| ISBN: | 978-0-9788890-4-3 |
There continues to be a growing concern for the epidemic of overweight and obesity, not only in the U.S. but abroad as well. The disease of obesity carries with it a variety of social and medical issues, specifically the increasing awareness and concern related to weight loss surgery. This text is designed to meet the education needs of a highly diverse mix of target audiences, increasing its effectiveness in providing health care professionals with the most current information on patient safety and best practice options, and maximizing the impact on curbing this epidemic and improving the quality of life for patients.
- Weight Loss Stratagem
- Patient Education & Support
- Patient Coverage and Access
- Hospital Decision Making
- Patient Safety
- Medical Evaluation
- Outcomes after Weight Loss Surgery
- Technical Advances
- Special Issues/Controversies
- Restoring Health: Long Term Success
- Media
- Legal & Tort Issues
- Implementing Solutions
- The Science of Weight Loss Surgery
- NHLBI Clinical Guidelines on Overweight and Obesity in Adults
- Dietary Guidelines
- Pharmacotherapy Pipeline
- Meal Replacements
- Weight Watchers*
- Readiness to Change
- Health Utility Assessment
- Patients of Size (Culture of Sensitivity)
- Web-Based Education
- Program Management
- Pushing the Envelope of Patient Education and Support With Technology-Enhanced Applications and Strategies
- Longitudinal Bariatric Experience: Combined Reflections
- Health Economics
- Ensuring Access to Bariatric Surgery
- Access to Care
- Insurer Perspective: Massachusetts Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Appealing Denials
- Negotiating With Payers for New Technology and Procedures
- Military Health System
- The Cost of Setting Up a Bariatric Surgery Program
- Return on Investment
- Facilities Requirements
- Equipment Considerations
- Clinical Pathways in Weight Loss Surgery
- Hospitals and The Joint Commission
- Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety
- Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety and Reduction of Medical Errors
- Ensuring the Safety of the Bariatric Surgery Patient
- ACS Bariatric Surgery Network
- Understanding Levels of Evidence
- Continuing Medical Education
- Multimedia in Surgical Education
- Nurses: Creating a Professional Standard
- Preoperative Medical Evaluation
- Psychological Assessment
- Joslin Guidelines
- Nutrition Assessment
- Anesthetic Considerations
- Laparoscopic Gastric Bypass
- Laparoscopic Adjustable Band
- The Biliopancreatic Diversion with Duodenal Switch
- Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
- Intragastric Balloon
- Weight Loss Surgery and Outcomes: Gastric Pacing
- The Role of the Endoscopist
- Body Contouring
- LABS Next Step
- Staple-Line Buttress Materials
- Fibrin Sealants
- Surgical Device Industry
- Corporate America's Role
- Safer Surgery Through Simulation
- Gastric Bypass Controversies: Implications for Patient Safety
- Acceptable Comorbidity
- Weight Gain and Reoperative Surgery
- Weight Loss Surgery and Pregnancy
- Adolescent Bariatric Surgery Debate
- More Conservative Indications for Bariatric Surgery for Adolescent Patients
- Patient Outcomes: Collecting Data
- Quality of Life
- Patients With Type 2 Diabetes
- Counseling on Exercise
- Lifelong Medical Follow-up
- Medical Journalism
- Media Relations
- Ethics: How to Discuss Medical Errors
- Risk-Management Foundation
- Legal and Tort Issues
- Malpractice/Payers
- Liability in Proctoring
- Medical Liability Drives Cost
- Tort Reform
- Determining Best Practices and Implementing Solutions
Weight Loss Stratagem
Patient Education & Support
Patient Coverage and Access
Hospital Decision Making
Patient Safety
Medical Evaluation
Outcomes After Weight Loss Surgery
Technical Advances
Special Issues/Controversies
Restoring Health: Long Term Success
Media
Legal & Tort Issues
Implementing Solutions
Ebaa Al-Ozairi, BMSc, MD, MRCP
Jeffrey W. Allen, MD
Caroline Apovian, MD
Jerry Berger
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
Loren J. Borud, MD
George A. Bray, MD
Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
Patricia A. Buss, MC, VSN
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH
Justine M. Carr, MD
Ronna M. Casper, MEd, LCSW
Jaime Wilson-Chiru
Ram Chuttani, MD
Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH
Susan Cummings, MS, RD
Kristina Day, RD, LD
Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Karen A. Donato, SM, RD
Diana Cullum-Dugan, RD, LD
James Ellsmere, MD
Jacob Enterkin, BS
John A. Fallon, MD, MBA
Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS
Josef E. Fischer, MD
David R. Flum, MD, MPH
Michel Gagner, MD
Victor F. Garcia, MD
James Garver
Dean J. Geraci, MSc
Judy Giusti, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Jennifer L. Greenman
Ronit Grinbaum, MD
Giselle G. Hamad, MD
Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD
Robert Hanscom, JD
Alan M. Harvey, MD, MBA
Edward A. Hatchigian, MD, MS
Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD
Colleen M. Hutchinson, MA
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Thomas James, III, MD
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS
R. Scott Jones, MD
Stephanie B. Jones, MD
Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Farid J. Kehdy, MD
John J. Kelly, MD
Sang W. Kim
Karen Miller-Kovach, MBA, MS, RD
Kenneth A. Larsen, DMin, PhD
Meng-G Martin Lee, MD
Barbara Lightizer, MS, MA, CPHRM
Kevin Lobo
John L. McCarthy, MBA
Michelle McCleerey, PhD, MA, MEd, RN
Kevin McGovern
Joseph Nadglowski, Jr.
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Torsten Olbers, MD, PhD
Robin F. Pearson
Tracy S. Pitt, DO
Alfons Pomp, MD
Walter J. Pories, MD
Kinga A. Powers, MD, PhD
Gary M. Pratt, BS
Janey S.A. Pratt, MD
Aurora D. Pryor, MD
Scott Rehrig, MD, LTCMC
Christine Ren, MD
Nancy Ridley, MS
Jo-Anne Rizzotto, MEd, RD, LDN, CDE
Malcolm K. Robinson, MD
Daniel S. Rooks, PhD
James C. Rosser, Jr., MD
Thomas R. Russell, MD
Donna H. Ryan, MD
Kenneth Sands, MD, MPH
Luke Sato, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Benjamin E. Schneider, MD
Robert S. Schneider, MSW
Daniel J. Scott, MD
Scott A. Shikora, MD
Peter H. Soderberg
Jonathan Waks
Angela Walsh, RN, MA, CNOR
Katherine A. Wang
Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH
Samnuel E. Wilson, MD
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
James Zervios
Jeffrey W. Allen, MD
Caroline Apovian, MD
Jerry Berger
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD
Loren J. Borud, MD
George A. Bray, MD
Stacy A. Brethauer, MD
Patricia A. Buss, MC, VSN
Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH
Justine M. Carr, MD
Ronna M. Casper, MEd, LCSW
Jaime Wilson-Chiru
Ram Chuttani, MD
Anita P. Courcoulas, MD, MPH
Susan Cummings, MS, RD
Kristina Day, RD, LD
Eric J. DeMaria, MD
Karen A. Donato, SM, RD
Diana Cullum-Dugan, RD, LD
James Ellsmere, MD
Jacob Enterkin, BS
John A. Fallon, MD, MBA
Madelyn Fernstrom, PhD, CNS
Josef E. Fischer, MD
David R. Flum, MD, MPH
Michel Gagner, MD
Victor F. Garcia, MD
James Garver
Dean J. Geraci, MSc
Judy Giusti, MS, RD, LDN, CDE
Isaac Greenberg, PhD
Jennifer L. Greenman
Ronit Grinbaum, MD
Giselle G. Hamad, MD
Osama Hamdy, MD, PhD
Robert Hanscom, JD
Alan M. Harvey, MD, MBA
Edward A. Hatchigian, MD, MS
Marcelo W. Hinojosa, MD
Colleen M. Hutchinson, MA
Matthew M. Hutter, MD, MPH
Thomas H. Inge, MD, PhD
Thomas James, III, MD
Daniel B. Jones, MD, MS
R. Scott Jones, MD
Stephanie B. Jones, MD
Lee Kaplan, MD, PhD
Farid J. Kehdy, MD
John J. Kelly, MD
Sang W. Kim
Karen Miller-Kovach, MBA, MS, RD
Kenneth A. Larsen, DMin, PhD
Meng-G Martin Lee, MD
Barbara Lightizer, MS, MA, CPHRM
Kevin Lobo
John L. McCarthy, MBA
Michelle McCleerey, PhD, MA, MEd, RN
Kevin McGovern
Joseph Nadglowski, Jr.
Ninh T. Nguyen, MD
Torsten Olbers, MD, PhD
Robin F. Pearson
Tracy S. Pitt, DO
Alfons Pomp, MD
Walter J. Pories, MD
Kinga A. Powers, MD, PhD
Gary M. Pratt, BS
Janey S.A. Pratt, MD
Aurora D. Pryor, MD
Scott Rehrig, MD, LTCMC
Christine Ren, MD
Nancy Ridley, MS
Jo-Anne Rizzotto, MEd, RD, LDN, CDE
Malcolm K. Robinson, MD
Daniel S. Rooks, PhD
James C. Rosser, Jr., MD
Thomas R. Russell, MD
Donna H. Ryan, MD
Kenneth Sands, MD, MPH
Luke Sato, MD
Philip R. Schauer, MD
Benjamin E. Schneider, MD
Robert S. Schneider, MSW
Daniel J. Scott, MD
Scott A. Shikora, MD
Peter H. Soderberg
Jonathan Waks
Angela Walsh, RN, MA, CNOR
Katherine A. Wang
Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH
Samnuel E. Wilson, MD
Bruce M. Wolfe, MD
James Zervios
