ASC News

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.

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.

Newport Beach, Calif.-based NVISION Laser Eye Centers has added WaveLight EX500 lasers by Alcon to its practices.

Bert Mandelbaum, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon and co-chair for medical affairs at Los Angeles-based Institute for Sports Sciences. He is director of research for Major League Baseball and a physician for the U.S. men's soccer team.