As data grows in importance and accessibility, opportunities for benchmarking in ambulatory surgery centers continue to unfold.
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Brian Ogg, DO, will begin seeing patients at Sallisaw, Okla.-based Sequoyah Memorial Hospital's Mercy Clinic Orthopedics.
Scheduling challenges are common for ambulatory surgery centers, whether it's making physicians happy with block times, maximizing OR use with compact scheduling or making sure the patient is ready for their case to start on time.
The demand for disposable medical supplies will rise over the next four years, according to a new report from Fredonia, US Disposable Medical Supplies Market Report. Some trends in the market from the report include:
Increasingly complex documentation requirements are making it very difficult for ambulatory surgery centers to achieve compliance. With the move from ICD-9 to ICD-10, the task will become even more difficult as greater specificity will be required. Facilities that are unable…
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GetWellNetwork has announced GetWellNetwork Ambulatory, a patient-centered SaaS application aligning with GetWellNetwork Inpatient and myGetWellNetwork to engage ambulatory patients in their care.
The Baptist Health South Florida Center For Robotic Surgery, located at Baptist and Doctors Hospitals (Miami) will perform three live robot-assisted surgeries Thursday, Feb. 27.
Rates of orthopedic surgery among patients with rheumatoid arthritis are on the decline, according to research presented at the American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
William R. Thornton, MD, FACS, has joined the San Antonio Eye Center.
Jennifer Green, RHIT, Vice President of Network Development at Surgical Outcomes Information Exchange answers the most common questions she hears about benchmarking and why the process is so essential for ambulatory surgery centers going forward.