This year, following the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, there has been plenty of focus on the safety of the ambulatory setting. There have been several developments in ASC safety this year, whether they have confirmed…
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Comedienne Joan Rivers "death resulted from a predictable complication of medical therapy," according to a report from the New York medical examiner.
Which quality data reporting measures from CMS begin data collection between now and 2015 year? Two measures fit the bill.
The Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association is currently hosting its 2014 educational conference, this year titled Summiting Healthcare's Challenging Peaks.
The Association for periOperative Registered Nurses has released guidelines for perioperative personnel for taking care of Ebola patients in surgical settings in its AORN Journal.
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The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released a toolkit for obesity management, Disease Management: Obesity in Adults.
Much like with ICD-10, CMS' quality data collection has been somewhat of a rollercoaster for ASCs this year. Whether it's the influenza vaccine data collection, or data collection of postoperative procedures, ASCs quality data collection hasn't always been straightforward. The…
Policies regarding opioids have recently been under fire and have changed significantly as a result. Here are three recent articles on opioid policy in the United States.
During an Oct. 9 webinar hosted by Becker's ASC Review, Michelle George, RN, MSN, CASC, vice president of clinical services with Surgical Care Affiliates, and Lisa Sinsel, group director of clinical services with SCA, delved into the history of safe…
The following are three accreditation-related checklists that have appeared on Becker’s ASC Review.