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Keith Smith, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist, serves as co-founder and chief medical director at Surgery Center of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City, a multispecialty surgery center that offers orthopedics, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, plastics and urology services. Dr. Smith earned his medical degree…

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Thomas K. Miller, MD, serves as the medical director and a physician owner of Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center. He weighs in on what the orthopedic market for ambulatory surgery centers will look like as it evolves over the next 12…

The National Quality Forum has endorsed complication-related patient safety, cancer care, care coordination and health disparities/cultural competency measures.

A review of 100 California hospitals revealed these facilities fail to report up to one-third of healthcare-associated infections, according to a California Watch report.

Federal investigators cited Exeter (N.H.) Hospital for infection control deficiencies following a major outbreak of hepatitis C that is now being investigated in two other states, according to a Foster's Daily Democrat report.

Researchers estimate that nearly half of adverse drug events are caused by dosing or monitoring errors, according to a study published in BMJ Quality and Safety.

United Surgical Partners International's Physician Strategy Group has partnered with Provista to deliver supply chain services to over 9,000 physician customers who perform procedures at USPI surgery centers.

A significant portion of patients undergoing ambulatory surgery suffer post-discharge nausea and vomiting, according to US researchers who have developed a simplified risk score to identify at-risk patients, according to a News-Medical report.

Codman & Shurtleff has announced it has received FDA clearance through a PMA supplement for its new programmable infusion system, according to a news release.