An investor is claiming Nashville, Tenn.-based Envision Healthcare shareholders are being underpaid in the company's potential $5.6 billion sale to KKR, the Tennessean reports.
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Surgeons at London, England-based Imperial College became the first to use Digital Surgery's artificial intelligence system in the operating room.
Five ASC administrators discuss the biggest opportunity for improved profitability at their centers in the future.
Casetabs expanded its surgery coordination platform to offer patient engagement through the continuum of care, from automated pre-operative reminders to post-operative check-ins.
Here are the five most popular ASC stories for the week of July 4 to July 12, 2018.
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HHS’ Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality asked the White House to launch a patient safety database as more ASCs open across the U.S.
Rhode Island passed legislation requiring all licensed hospitals and ASCs to implement smoke evacuation system policies for surgical procedures generating plume, according to Healthcare Facilities Today.
Toronto, Canada-based Medical Facilities Corp. has eight ASCs and five specialty surgical hospitals, according to Seeking Alpha.
Dermatologists and emergency physicians are sexually harassed by patients more frequently than other physicians, according to Medscape's Patients Sexually Harassing Physicians Report 2018.
The Michigan Corporate Whistleblower Center is asking hospital-employed providers to reach out if a hospital is forcing physicians to admit Medicare or Medicaid patients in circumstances where outpatient care should be provided.