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In the five years Anne Hargrave-Thomas has spent as CEO of West Bloomfield (Mich.) Surgery Center, the facility has moved from last place to first place for employee satisfaction within National Surgical Hospitals' facilities. Here are 10 ways the center…

In the last two years, the city of Hastings in Nebraska has experienced the brunt of the economic downturn: In one year, the community experienced a 10 percent decrease in its workforce. For ambulatory surgery centers in small communities, economic…

Tom Yerden, owner of TRY Health Care Solutions in North Fork, Idaho, says ambulatory surgery centers pass through three stages of growth, each requiring a different management style and even a different personality.

Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C., lists four considerations on dealing with architects and general contractors in constructing new ASCs.

Jennifer Brown, RN, endoscopy nurse manager of Gastroenterology Associates of Central Virginia in Lynchburg, Va., shares five tips on successfully implementing an EHR system in a practice or ambulatory surgery center.

Installing conduits for surgical gas, telephone, electricity and broadband is one of those details that is often overlooked in building a new ambulatory surgery center, says Chris McMenemy, vice president for administration at Ortmann Healthcare Consultants in Columbia, S.C. While…

Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal of ASCOA, says the company evaluates about two "broken" ambulatory surgery centers every week to consider for a potential partnership and a subsequent turnaround. Here are six elements Dr. Lambert and Luke Lambert, CEO of…

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Mike Madewell, administrator of Panama City (Fla.) Surgery Center, a Nueterra facility, identifies three ways ambulatory surgery centers can improve relations with the surgeon's office.

More physician groups and ambulatory surgery centers across the country are adding outpatient spine surgery to increase patient volume and drive profits. However, there are several aspects of adding spine the group or ASC should consider before recruiting a new…