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Patient-focused care models, medication management and nurse education can improve ASC quality.

Procedures are more efficient when performed in an ASC compared to a hospital outpatient department, according to research published in the American Journal of Surgery.

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The average income for physician assistants in 2018 was $110,567, according to a report from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Total joint replacements are moving to the outpatient setting, with more than 300 ASCs across the country including total knee and hip procedures.

Nurses working in ASCs wear many hats, but one of the most prominent is quality improvement, according to an article in American Nurse Today, the journal of the American Nurses Association.

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