Tom Yerden, CEO of TRY Health Care Solutions, discusses six trends currently affecting the ASC marketplace.
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Here is a list of the number of ambulatory surgeries performed in the United States in 2006 (with figures rounded to the nearest hundred thousand for procedures with volumes greater than 1 million) by facility type and location, according to…
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Charles Bush-Joseph, MD (Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, Chicago). Dr. Bush-Joseph is an arthroscopic surgery and sports medicine specialist at Midwest Orthopaedics at Rush, located in Chicago, where he is one of the busiest hip arthroscopic surgeons in Illinois. He is…
A survey by the Joint Commission predicts that most U.S. hospitals will be smoke-free throughout their campuses by the end of 2009, according to release by the Joint Commission.
The Ophthalmic Consultants of Long Island (N.Y.) will provide free outpatient cataract surgery procedures as part of Mission Cataract USA throughout August and September, according to a report in The Garden City News.
Bobby Sarnevesht, a businessman from Los Gatos, Calif., is finalizing a proposal for a $40 million physician-owned hospital to be built in Campbell, Calif., according to a report in the Silicon Valley Mercury News.