Anesthesiologist Wallace Reed, MD, cofounder of the nation's first ASC in Phoenix, Ariz., has received the 2010 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Business Journal, according to a news release from the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation.
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Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.
Barry Tanner is president and CEO of Physicians Endoscopy, which specializes in development and management of freestanding, single-specialty ASCs. He identifies five trends for GI-driven ASCs.
Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis shares three key steps to take to remain accredited. The organization has maintained accreditation at both of its facilities since they opened in 2005 and 2007.
ASC benchmarking firm CTQ Solutions has announced its 2009/2010 Apex Quality Award winners, recognizing ASCs, endoscopy centers, diagnostic imaging centers and surgical hospitals for excellence in patient satisfaction and overall quality of care.
Administrator Parth Zaveri and Clinical Manager Susan Rahn of the Endoscopy Center of St. Louis, which has expanded to two centers in the past five years, share three of the facility's best practices to keep costs low.
Dwayne Kertanis is vice president of operations for Constitution Surgery Centers in Newington, Conn., which manages 12 surgery centers in a variety of specialties in Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island. Here Mr. Kertanis, who manages three single-specialty eye centers in…
Gastroenterologist Fernando Bermudez, MD, medical director and a member of the board at Eastside Endoscopy Center and a physician with G.I. Medicine Associates, both located in St. Clair Shores, Mich., shares his comments on a recent study published in the…
Your ASC will waste money and annoy your surgeons, anesthesiologists and staff members if your schedule has huge holes of time when no patients are scheduled. Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, offers some insight on keeping…
You want the best staff possible, but it can be hard to get a sense of a person's character and work ethic during a brief interview. Lynda Simon, administrator of St. John's Clinic: Head and Neck Surgery in Springfield, Mo.,…