Infection prevention and control is one of numerous issues in the forefront of healthcare, and healthcare organizations have taken on the challenge through a variety of means, including hiring infection preventionists. But what, one may ask, separates the one-star experts…
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Timothy Kremchek, MD, is the medical director at Beacon Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and a physician-owner of the clinic's surgery center. He is also in his 15th season as the Cincinnati Reds medical director and chief orthopedic surgeon.
What Surgery Centers Should Expect in 2012: 15 ASC Market Trends Here are 15 trends for the ambulatory surgery center industry that will affect how ASCs do business in the upcoming year. Click to continue » 10 Metrics That Reveal…
Susan Kizirian, RN, MBA, is chief operating officer of Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America, a physician-owned ASC development and management company that has successfully helped physicians build and operate their own surgical facilities since 1984. With more than 17 years…
In the midst of legislation aimed at heightening participation in the Kentucky drug database and curbing opioid overprescription, the state must not neglect patients that are genuinely in need of prescription drugs, according to a physician editorial on Kentucky.com.
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Matthew Rupert, MD, is the first physician in Tennessee to perform an implantation of Boston Scientific's Infinion 16 Percutaneous Lead to provide pain management through spinal cord stimulation.
Tech developers are responding to the evolving model of health care with new innovations that focus on technological efficiency, according to a New York Times report.
In 2007, St. Louis-based BJC HealthCare set a goal of eliminating all major preventable harm. Data showed that pressure ulcers accounted for two-thirds of preventable harm at BJC HealthCare hospitals. The system thus launched a five year initiative to reduce…
As Louisiana pushes with 25 other states to reverse the PPACA, the country's agriculture secretary says provisions in the federal law would benefit rural health care, according to a News-Star report.
Plains Regional Medical Center's ambulatory surgery department experienced gains in patient satisfaction last year, according to a Clovis News Journal report.