Most satisfaction issues within an ambulatory surgery center come down to time, says Kris Sabo, executive director of Pend Oreille Center in Ponderay, Idaho, where the patient satisfaction rates are routinely at or above 97 percent. But patients aren't the…
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A new ophthalmic ambulatory surgery center in Honolulu is scheduled to open in November, according a Honolulu Star-Advertiser report.
A Texas attorney has been sentenced to 120 days in jail, 10 years of probation and fined $6,000 after he was convicted in a retaliation case involving two nurses who filed an anonymous complaint with the Texas Medical Board against…
Elective surgery appears to be comparably safe at any time of the workday or workweek and in any month of the year, according to a study published in the Oct. 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
A multi-disciplinary program implemented two years ago in an Ontario hospital allows patients to be discharged from an ambulatory hospital two days after hip or knee replacement surgery, according to a Pain Medicine News report.
Donald Berwick, MD, is pressing for nationwide innovation in quality of care as the leader of the Medicare and Medicaid programs, where errors, unnecessary care and other waste account for about one-third of the $1 trillion taxpayers spend annually on…
The human body may use the cannabinoid pathway to make placebos effective, according to a Wired report based on a study from Nature Medicine.
Five spine surgery experts provide five best practices ambulatory surgery centers should consider when adding spine. Note: Included with the best practices are links to the articles where the advice originally appeared, providing you with more practical guidance. Best practices…
Chicago-based anesthesiologist Eugene Lipov, MD, has developed a drug that could treat post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a Stars and Stripes report.
Employers' healthcare costs are expected to exceed $10,000 per employee for the first time in 2012, according to a study from human resources consultant Aon Hewitt.