Supplies are one of the highest costs for ambulatory surgery centers. Knowing how to control these costs can mean the difference between a successful ASC and a financially failing ASC. Beth Johnson, vice president of clinical systems at Blue Chip…
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Marion Jenkins, PhD, founder and CEO of QSE Technologies, and Todd Logan, Vice President of Sales - Western Region, SourceMedical Solutions, gave a presentation titled "Information Technology for Surgery Centers — Achieving Positive Outcomes and Avoiding Complications" at the 9th…
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 9, 2011, Greg Deconciliis, administrator at Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, gave a presentation titled "Key Tips for Success—Orthopedics in ASCs—What Works and What Doesn't." BOSS…
The following article is written By Robert Edelstein, CEO of Millennium Surgical Corp./SurgicalInstruments.com. Here are seven of the top challenges surgery centers need to overcome when purchasing surgical instruments.
At the 9th Annual Orthopedic, Spine and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 10, 2011, Joan F. O'Shea, MD, a neurosurgeon and orthopedic spine surgeon at The Spine Institute of New Jersey, gave a presentation titled "How to…
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While office-based pain procedures are not as high paying as they used to be, Nameer R. Haider, MD, founder of Spinal & Skeletal Pain Medicine, had little choice. He operates in upstate New York and Washington, D.C., which are both…
The New York State Attorney General is proposing that physicians be required to report prescriptions on controlled substances, including opioids, to an online database to prevent duplicate prescriptions for the same patient, according to a report by Empire State News.
The Center for Mindfulness at the UC San Diego Health System helps patients tolerate chronic pain by training their brains to lessen experiences of discomfort and in some cases eliminate them, according to a report by NewsWise.
Profits of medical device companies are being clipped by price reductions due to the economy, healthcare reform initiatives and the FDA's confusing approval process, according to a release by the Bedford Report.
Cambridge Consultants, a technology design and development firm, has released the following results of a survey of diabetic patients on usability of drug delivery devices, such as injection pens, auto-injectors and insulin pumps.