Baton Rouge (La.) General Hospital's Mid City Specialty Center held an open house where hospital and surgery center leaders met members of the community, brproud.com reported.
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Panama City (Fla.) Surgery Center is closed until further notice due to the effects of Hurricane Michael, according to a statement on the center's website.
Vancouver, Wash.-based Northwest Surgical Specialists reported a data breach affecting 2,050 individuals, according to the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal.
Stand Up To Cancer awarded Boston-based Dana Farber Cancer Institute's Irene Ghobrial, MD, $10 million to lead a group of U.S. scientists in developing a blood-based cancer test, WCVB reports.
Colorado State House of Representatives candidates Alex Valdez and Serena Gutierrez visited Denver Surgery Center to tour the ASC and discuss surgery centers.
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Directors of nursing working in ASCs often wear many hats, including staffing issues, according to Westchester, Ill.-based Regent Surgical Health.
Even when surgery centers are doing well, it can be easy for ASC administrators to feel burned out, according to Alpharetta, Ga.-based Surgical Information Systems.
Researchers examined 500 hospitals to determine how many had ASCs on their campuses, according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.
Because ASC leaders often focus on patient care and management, small details of an ASC's finances can be overlooked, according to MedHQ.
Athens-based Georgia Center for Sight is offering free cataract surgeries to patients in Athens, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.