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The Commonwealth Fund published an action guide for healthcare leaders on reducing avoidable hospital readmissions.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services offers a free training resource on best infection control practices for physicians, other clinicians, patient advocates and medical students.
The Joint Commission has issued clarification on the use of unlicensed professionals who help clinicians enter or navigate information within an electronic health record — also known as scribes.
The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care has outlined nine guiding principles for maintaining patient engagement, which is a critical component of patient safety and healthcare quality.
Here is a list of surgery center leaders who are also on the board of directors for their state ambulatory surgery center societies in the southeastern and southwestern states. Information was not available for all states or all societies.
John Wipfler, CEO of OA Centers for Orthopaedics in Portland, and Linda Ruterbories, ANP, director of OA's Orthopaedic Surgery Center, discuss the process and challenges of leading an ambulatory surgery center through times of change.
John Wipfler is the CEO of OA Centers for Orthopaedics in Portland, Maine.
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Lori Ramirez is the founder, president and CEO of Elite Surgical Affiliates, which was founded in 2008 and specializes in the development and management of surgical facilities with a focus on orthopedics, spine and pain. Despite launching her company in…