It is critical that your ASC not only train your staff members about your infection control program, but you must also test them to ensure they understand your policies and procedures, infection control terminology and their responsibilities.
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A team of physicians from McGill's Department of Anesthesia in Montreal have performed the first "teleanesthesia," remotely administering anesthesia to a patient in Italy while they were in Montreal, according to a news release from McGill.
Linda K. Peterson, MBA, CEO of Executive Solutions for Healthcare, discusses why it is critical for ASCs to spend money on their IT infrastructure to help make more money. Linda Peterson: A key critical mistake ASCs make when developing a…
During the next few weeks, Lt. Col. Bruce Bright, USMC (Ret), president and CEO of The Bright Group, will offer his thoughts in a series of short articles on "Peak Performance" for you and your organization. The objective of these…
Digestive Care Specialists based in Ohio will move one of its surgery centers as part of a relocation and renovation, according to a report in the Dayton Business Journal.
Larry Teuber, MD, currently serves as president of Medical Facilities Corporation, a company that owns 51 percent interest in four specialty surgical hospitals in South Dakota and Oklahoma and two ASCs in California. According to the company's website, MFC's philosophy…
As ASCs look for ways to enhance their profits, the addition of GI is often considered. GI procedures such as colonoscopy and EGD are attractive procedures to add to an existing ASC. The centers often see the addition of GI…
The following reader question came in response to the column "Critical Guidance for Complying With Anesthesia Infection Control Rules," which features insight from Clifford Gevirtz, MD, an anesthesiologist with Somnia Anesthesia Services who practices throughout New York and Long Island,…
Kathie Stewart, administrator of Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., shares how the spine center resolved the challenge of providing verbal explanations of patients' conditions for coverage.
Kathie Stewart, administrator of Cascade Spine Center in Tualatin, Ore., discusses three ways the spine center recruits spine specialists.