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After outpatient surgery, adverse events are not more common with postoperative opioid use than without opioid use, according to research published in the American Journal of Surgery.

Business Insider India ranked the top 30 highest-paying jobs in the U.S., with physicians and surgeons taking the first 10 spots.

Given the increasing popularity of ASCs, quality is essential to success. Jeff Brady, MD, director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, shared his insights with Becker's ASC Review.

Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III shared three ways ASCs can effectively share policies and procedures with staff.

Providers reported 33 healthcare data breaches in January, according to HIPAA Journal.

The shift from inpatient to outpatient surgery is set to drive ASC market growth through 2026, according to the Health Industry Distributors Association's 2018 Ambulatory Surgery Center Market Report cited by Relias Media.

  Kaufman Hall's June 2018 ASC industry flash report includes predictions on new procedure growth at ASCs, the transaction market and more.

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

Burnout among U.S. physicians improved slightly between 2014 and 2017 but remains relatively high, according to a triennial study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

Ahead of the The Leapfrog Group's April 1 ASC survey launch, the organization is inviting ASCs to participate in "town hall calls."