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A standard medical director agreement lists a daunting array of functions to be fulfilled by the practitioner taking on this critical position. Participation in facility committees, continuing medical education for the staff, and implementation of quality assurance programs are but…

Editor's note: The following article by Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales, surgery division, for SourceMedical, appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of SourceMedical's "Insider Source" magazine.

Increasing quality of care means paying careful attention to your risk management procedures and taking extra steps to prevent errors. Sandra J. Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, discusses three mistakes ASCs make with risk management and how to…

Pre- and post-operative care can be especially difficult because a good healing process is dependent on understanding and cooperation from the patient. Sandra Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, offers four suggestions on improving pre- and post-operative care.

Susan Kizirian, chief operating officer for ASCOA, shares three ways ASCs can reduce their payroll costs without negatively impacting the quality of care provided.

Here are five financial statistics about ENT in ASCs, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

1. Entering uncertain times. "Healthcare in general faces a great deal of uncertainty," says Michael Redler, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Surgery Center of Fairfield County in Bridgeport, Conn. "We are entering uncharted waters." Predictions that the recession is…

Here are five financial statistics about podiatry in ASCs, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.

Supplies are one of the two biggest costs to ASCs. ASC administrators share the following three ways they cut their supply costs.

Staff is typically one of the two biggest costs to an ASC. Two ASC administrators offer three suggestions on how to cut costs by employing the right staff, retaining quality team members and rethinking the structure of your workday.