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Here are 22 statistics on the cost of care and patient volume in ASCs compared to hospital outpatient departments collected from Avanza Healthcare and Health Services Insights. 

Houston-based Texas Children's Hospital's new pediatric specialty clinic opened Oct. 25, Community Impact reports.

  Here are 26 statistics on ASC size and ownership from a variety of sources across the industry.

New research published in JAMA Internal Medicine examined whether physician burnout is associated with an increased risk of patient safety incidents, as well as lower levels of professionalism and patient satisfaction.

The Leapfrog Group is branching out beyond hospital ratings with plans to launch a survey of 250 ASCs in 2019 before opening it up to the nation's 5,000-plus centers in 2020.

Sioux City-Iowa-based Jones Eye Clinic and its ASC used backup information to recover from a ransomware attack, according to healthdatamanagement.com

For the second month in a row, the number of reported healthcare breaches decreased, according to HIPAA Journal.

Definitive Healthcare's database tracks the total charges for Medicare procedures performed at ASCs in various regions in the U.S.

Keeping costs low is not simply a matter of purchasing less expensive equipment or laying off staff members. Instead, ASC executives can utilize benchmarking systems to ensure their dollars are being spent properly.

Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health's chief transformation officer and population health services CMO Nishant Anand, MD, believes problems with EHR interoperability issues are hindering the transition to value-based care, EHRIntelligence reports.