Walmart and Microsoft teamed up to create a global IoT platform to coordinate shipping and supply chain activities.The new partnership could impact healthcare because of Walmart and Microsoft’s other moves into healthcare.
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ASCs saw the biggest increase in use in the second quarter of 2018 compared to inpatient, outpatient and emergency department settings, according to a Leerink Partners report on MEDACorp survey results.
General surgeon DuBose Medlock Jr., MD, joined the staff at Lumberton, N.C.-based Southeastern Surgical Center, an affiliate of Lumberton-based Southeastern Health.
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.
Surgeons at London, England-based Imperial College became the first to use Digital Surgery's artificial intelligence system in the operating room.
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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.
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.