A groundbreaking ceremony was recently held in Jasper, Ind., for a new medical center which will include an outpatient surgery center, according to a report from the Dubois County Free Press.
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The Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare has identified 29 causes of wrong-site surgery and offered "targeted" solutions for how to overcome these challenges.
Jeff Blankinship of Surgical Notes will present at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference held Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Here are profiles of five ambulatory surgery center physician leaders scheduled to speak at the upcoming 18th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference held Oct. 27-29 at the Westin Hotel on North Michigan Avenue in Chicago.
Robert O. Baratta, MD, partner and CEO of Ascent Surgical Partners in Nashville, Tenn., lists nine potential disputes among surgeons in an ASC and explains how to resolve them.
Research on trends and characteristics of medication errors in emergency departments showed, among other things, that nurses were more likely to be responsible for this type of medical error, according to a study published in the Journal of Emergency Medicine.Read…
A California jury has awarded $2.25 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit filed against a surgery center and an anesthesiologist who allegedly neglected to meet medical standards of care, according to an About Lawsuits report.
Todd Borst, managing partner of Smithfield Surgical Partners in Northern California, maps out six changes in staffing that can help boost profits at ambulatory surgery centers.
Michael Shook, MD, of Oakland Park, Fla., has been sentenced to four years in prison for illegally prescribing painkillers to Kentuckians who traveled to a Florida-based pill mill, according to a report by the Middlesboro Daily News.
The American Pain Foundation has launched an outreach campaign to help educate Hispanic-Americans about chronic pain, according to a press release from the foundation.