Here are six things ASCs should do internally and externally to further perfect their already existing infection control programs.
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expects to pay around $4 billion to ASCs for outpatient services in 2011, according to a preview of its final rule for Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System in the Federal Register, released in…
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., have developed a new skills assessment tool for colonoscopy trainees, published in the Dec. 2010 issue of GIE: Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, according to an ASGE news release.
The Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia has released a consensus statement on perioperative glycemic control in diabetic patients undergoing ambulatory surgery, according to a SAMBA news release.
Delays in elective surgeries of hospitalized patients increase the risk of infections and raise hospital costs, according to a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Here are nine statistics on ASC outcomes from the ASC Association's Outcomes Monitoring Project 2nd Quarter 2010 Report, which saw ASCs in 44 states participating in the survey.
Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program has announced that HFAP surveyor Jeanette Spradlin, RN, CPHQ, has won the 2010 Claire Glover Distinguished Member Award for Contributions to the Healthcare Quality Profession, provided by the National Association for Healthcare Quality (NAHQ).
Thomas R. Yerden, CEO of TRY Health Care Solutions in North Fork, Idaho, outlines six steps an ASC can take to become more profitable.
Timothy Baker (Principle Valuation). Mr. Baker is the president of Principle Valuation, a company specializing in the valuation of hospitals, senior housing and related entities. He focuses on healthcare and senior living properties and has experience valuing on a national…
GOJO Industries has bought the PURELL brand from Johnson & Johnson, a brand that was invented by the company more than two decades ago, according to a GOJO news release.