A study, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, claims physicians that had at least one major burnout symptom were twice as likely to report a major medical error over a three month period, Medscape reports.
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The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association launched an online opioid resource center offering information to clinicians working in ASCs, including studies on long-term opioid use, articles covering opioid prescription and more.
Forty percent of ASC companies saw acquisition activity in the space increase in 2017, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey.
Researchers developed a blood test based on patients' internal clocks to help providers administer drugs at ideal times, Verdict Medical Devices reports on a study published in The Journal of Clinical Investigation.
ASCs in the Southern U.S. have the highest median square footage per facility of any region, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.
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Australian researchers are undertaking a four-year, $20 million project to potentially minimize the risk of infection after orthopedic surgery.
Increasing revenue and/or profit growth is the most important operational benchmark guiding strategy for mergers and acquisitions, according to a West Monroe and Mergermarket report.
A study of U.S. home healthcare nurses, published in the American Journal of Infection Control, found attitudes and organizational policies are more likely to improve infection control compliance than nurses' knowledge of IC practices.
For the majority of ASC companies, 20 percent to 29.9 percent of revenue goes toward salary and benefits expenses, according to HealthCare Appraisers' 2018 ASC Valuation Survey.
Although the 2018 final rule for the federal Quality Payment Program (QPP), MACRA (the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act), did not hold big surprises, certain aspects of MACRA Year 2 still pose confusion for eligible clinicians.