20 years in the AORN Journal - Perioperative Time Capsule - Association of Operating Room Nurses - Brief Article

AORN Journal,  Oct, 2003  

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One article says ambulatory surgery, with its potential cost savings, may keep the health insurance industry from collapse and harness the health cost inflation rate. * An article about in vitro fertilization states that since July 1978, more than 150 babies throughout the world have been conceived in laboratory dishes and carried to term in their mothers' wombs.

* According to one author, young men are becoming more aware of the importance of self-examination for early detection of testicular cancer. * "Legislation" discusses diagnostic related groups (DRGs) that will be used to determine payment for Medicare patients. Hospitals will be paid a standard rate per DRG for the care of these patients according to each patient's diagnosis at discharge.

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