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Here are three ideas to increase case volume in your GI-driven ASC through marketing to members of the physician and local community.
Nancy Nikolovski, administrator of Physicians Endoscopy Center in Houston, Texas, has implemented a program at PEC to reward employees for ideas that save the center money. If the change results in significant savings, the employee will share in the profit.…
Erlinda Vidal, MD, an anesthesiologist practicing in Watertown, N.Y., has agreed to stop practicing medicine in the state after being accused of negligence, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.
California ASCs have come under fire in the last week, following a report by the Los Angeles Times that drew attention to California's lack of requirement for state licensure of surgery centers.
Carol Blanar, RN, CNOR, executive director of the Indiana Federation of Ambulatory Surgical Centers, shares six ways Indiana ASCs can strengthen their infection control programs right now.
Healthcare professionals can control costs in the operating room by choosing less expensive but equivalent supplies, comparing expenses associated with disposable versus reusable products and more, according to a study published in AORN Journal.
Almost 50 percent of colorectal and cervical cancer cases and 30 percent of breast cancer cases in the country are diagnosed at a late stage of the disease when treatment is more difficult, according to a news release by the…
Daily treatment with aspirin for five years or longer can effectively reduce the risk of colorectal cancer, according to a study published in The Lancet.
Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America has announced the opening of South Shore Surgery Center in Bay Shore, N.Y.