The Utah Legislature advanced a bill allowing anesthesiologist assistants to work in the state, KSL.com reported Feb. 18.
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Wyoming and North Dakota have the fewest number of active registered nurse licenses, according to data from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
The DISC Surgery Center at Newport Beach (Calif.) has been awarded its fifth consecutive accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.
Private equity investment in ASC is skyrocketing. Becker's has reported on three of them since Feb. 8:
Between skyrocketing travel nurse pay and hospital sign-on bonuses, ASCs are struggling to recruit and retain nurses.
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California and Texas lead the charge as states with the most active registered nurse licenses, according to new data from the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
Bellin Health is moving forward with plans to build an ASC in Ashwaubenon, Wis., construction company Jigsaw Team said this week.
Surgical Care Affiliates' MemorialCare Surgical Center Laguna Woods (Calif.) performed the first Persona IQ implant in the Western U.S., SCA said Feb. 17.
Construction of Portsmouth, N.H.-based New England Center for Orthopaedic Surgery has been completed.
On average, nonprofit hospital CEOs make eight times more than workers without advanced degrees, according to a study of more than 1,000 hospitals by the Lown Institute.