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One institution's strategy for reducing patients' mechanical ventilation times after coronary artery bypass graft surgery suggests that departments can significantly reduce ventilation times without sacrificing patient outcomes, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

Gastroenterological ambulatory surgery centers are becoming rarer as the reimbursement rates for GI procedures continue to dip, and physicians and administrators look to more historically profitable specialties.

Hospitals are facing pressure to increase transparency from both patients, who are playing a larger role in choosing their healthcare providers, and the federal government, which requires regular reporting on quality. While making quality and patient safety data available to…

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care announced several changes to the "2012 Accreditation Handbook, Including Medicare Requirements for Ambulatory Surgery Centers."

Nader Samii, CEO, and Lisa Rock, president of National Medical Billing Services, discuss five core concepts for building a great billing and collections business.

Standardizing and streamlining implants can help a surgery center realize significant cost savings, but convincing physicians to cooperate with the initiative can be a challenge. Lori Pilla, vice president of Amerinet Clinical Advantage and Supply Chain Optimization, discusses eight tactics…

The following article was written by Simon Sikorski, MD, medical marketing director for Healthcare Marketing Center of Excellence.

Wrong site/side surgery is a serious concern in the healthcare industry: Based on state data, Joint Commission officials estimate the problem occurs 40 times a week in U.S. hospitals and clinics. Linda Groah, MSN, RN, CNOR, NEA-BC, FAAN, executive director…

Numbers — the hard facts. People often consider numbers, or data, to be unimpeachable, or that they can speak for themselves. More often than not, however, numbers can be presented differently to show different things. As hospitals ramp up quality…

Opioid narcotic underutilization and overutilization are common concerns among primary care physicians and pain management physicians alike, and a clear communication system between physicians can ease the risk of inaccurate or inconsistent prescribing, says Yousuf Sayeed, MD, of the Spine…