Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, explains how her ASC uses EMRs to prevent wrong site surgeries or pathology tests for the wrong patients.
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Karen Smith, nursing director at Central Illinois Endoscopy Center in Peoria, shares one tip for ASCs struggling with physicians who repeatedly arrive late to their facilities.
Cindy Givens, administrator of The Surgery Center at Tanasbourne in Hillsboro, Ore., discusses four ways her ASC grew its case volume substantially by building relationships with referring physicians and reaching out to patients directly.
A documentary featuring an interview with Greg Ranger, founder, president and CEO of TriMedx, has aired on PBS.
The accreditation process can be stressful, especially if your ASC is going through accreditation for the first time or has to address several areas of non-compliance in the months beforehand. Dawn Q. McLane, regional vice president of operations for Health…
Memory loss after anesthesia could be prevented by blocking a receptor thought to contribute to memory deficits, according to a study published in the Nov. 2010 issue of Anesthesiology.
Currently, 15 states have fully opted out of the federal requirement for physician supervision of anesthesia, and one — Colorado — has opted out for specific hospitals. Mark Warner, MD, new president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, discusses why…
CPT copyright 2009 American Medical Association. All rights reserved. CPT is a registered trademark of the American Medical Association. Interbody cage fusion uses a hollow threaded titanium or carbon fiber cylinder to fuse two vertebrae together. The diseased disc is…
ASC management software company Mednet has announced the launching of electronic data interchange (EDI) connectivity with multiple vendors through its inventory management module.
A former family practitioner from Topeka, Kan., has pleaded guilty to his role in a scheme to sell medical equipment and treatments after falsely promoting an epidemic of Lyme disease, according to a Topeka Capital-Journal news report.