AmSurg has 10 centers enrolled in the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's 12-month Program for Ambulatory Surgery, which has a zero patient-harm goal, according to a blog post.
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Why do we use iPhones routinely to navigate through traffic but not use them to track patient conditions? We have access to more data on our uploaded photos than we do on our insurance claims. While technological advances seem to…
In a Medpage Today article, David Pittman discusses ways that physicians can use technology and data analytics to improve quality.
Sparta, N.J.-based Specialty Surgical Center has announced it will join Johns Hopkins (Baltimore) CUSP for Safe Surgery, a program offered through he Johns Hopkins Armstrong Institute for medical teams to reduce preventable harms to surgery patients.
Bedford (N.H.) Ambulatory Surgery Center has sponsored a sports leadership event, Leaders Celebration of Sports Champions, for area youth, according to a report from the New Hampshire Union.
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David Paustian, MD, of Neillsville, Wis.-based Paustian Medical and Surgical Center has been featured in an article on rural ASCs in a Marshall Field News Herald report.
Credentialing is important for meeting regulatory standards before physicians perform cases at your ambulatory surgery center.
Practice management systems are effective tools for helping organize a medical practice's administrative and billing functions, according an educational resource released by American Medical Association and Medical Group Management Association.
A majority of physicians believe that defensive medicine is a major driver of healthcare costs, according to "A Survey of America's Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives," released by The Physicians Foundation.
Zena Jacobs, RN, has been promoted to assistant administrator of physician services at Great Bend, Kan.-based St. Rose Ambulatory & Surgery Center, according to a report from the GB Tribune.