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The Oklahoma City-based Surgery Center of Oklahoma's Keith Smith, MD, is well-known for his progressive attitude toward price transparency and alternative payment initiatives. His center is an industry pioneer in medical price transparency, making its prices available online for all…

Dermatologists feel most fairly compensated as compared to physicians in all specialties, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2014.

The following are statistics on wasted operating room resources from Sandy Nettrour, neurosurgery and orthopedic service line coordinator for Butler (Pa.) Health System as reported in Medcity News.

An increasing number of surgical procedures will cause the global market for operating room equipment to grow 3.76 percent between 2012 and 2016, according to a new forecast from Research and Markets.

Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgical Center has just completed a 15-month pilot program through Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare doing concept testing for patient-centered medical homes, according to a report from the New Hampshire Union.

Single-specialty ambulatory surgery centers often have difficulty selecting and implementing electronic medical record systems because most brands are built to accommodate large hospitals. However, American SurgiSite teamed up with software developer IMW to develop a solution for their own centers.

In an Inc article, Kevin Daum, an entrepreneur and author of "Video Marketing for Dummies," lays out tips to improve communication skills, which can lead to more effective teamwork and accountability.

Vascular surgery had the lowest numbers of active physicians in 2010, according to the 2012 Physician Specialty Data Book, prepared by the Center for Workforce Studies at the Association of American Medical Colleges.

Aren't we are all looking for operational efficiencies? It would seem after years of looking for inefficiencies we would have found them all and arrived at near perfection.

In healthcare practices, social recommendations are more effective than free consultations, according to a report from Dermatology Times. However, too many practices focus exclusively on social media. While valuable, the tool is best used in context, according to the report.…