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The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses outlined four ways ASCs can reduce surgical site infections in a post on its blog.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals released its reports for the three and six-month fiscal periods which ended December 31, 2018.

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Medigroup outlined three supply chain tips for ASCs on their blog. 

A new report from the Health Care Cost Institute found areas that have a higher healthcare use have lower prices, according to the American Journal of Managed Care. 

Practice management software developer Simplify ASC aims to make all patients' medical records available in one electronic file, even though surgery centers aren't federally required to implement EHRs. 

Smith & Nephew agreed to acquire Brainlab's orthopedic joint reconstruction business.

Dallas-based Guardian Pharmacy Services — the manufacturer of a compounded solution at the center of 60 lawsuits — reached a settlement with the federal government, according to a press release from the Department of Justice.

HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey provided insight into the ASC market and surgery center characteristics.

Research from the American Medical Association, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine found that burnout among U.S. physicians improved between 2014 and 2017, but the rate of burnout remains high.

Arizona's Medicaid program is investigating after the program accidentally sent personal health information to the wrong home addresses, according to azcentral, part of the USA Today network.