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All-cause hospital transfer and wrong-site surgery rates dropped in the fourth quarter compared to the third quarter of 2018, according to the ASC Quality Collaboration's latest ASC quality report

Outpatient practices can improve supply logistics by implementing a Kanban system, Intalere Senior Director of Enterprise Solutions Byron Zelin told Healthcare Purchasing News.

The governing board of an ASC has the opportunity to play a role in ensuring the center is compliant with quality measures from Medicare, accreditation and other bodies, according to Alpharetta, Ga-based Surgical Information Systems.

MedPAC's 2019 commission report to Congress outlined data on ASC characteristics, including what specialties are the most common.

Surgeons can ask Google Home to provide recommendations about medical device sizes mid-operation, thanks to a new app for the smart speaker, according to Verdict.

Lakewood, Colo.-based Pinnacle III relies on technology for risk management, patient satisfaction, quality monitoring and more, Director of Education Jean Day told the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association.

Blockchain could be valuable to the healthcare supply chain industry, but providers and executives still have their reservations, according to John Kupice, CEO of the online marketplace H-Source.

Next-generation data capture solutions. Keep your teams moving and patients safer. More and more patients are turning to Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASC) for outpatient surgeries, diagnostic testing and preventive procedures. Case volumes continue to rise and competition for patients is…

MedPAC's 2019 commission report to Congress outlined data on ASC characteristics, including where the centers are located, and whether they're for profit or nonprofit.

Definitive Healthcare listed the top 10 procedures at ASCs using 2017 data from its commercial claims analytics platform.