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The Pacific region has the highest total number of staffing hours per case, according to VMG Health's 2018 Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study.

Diamond Orthopedic received FDA 510(k) clearance for its sterile-packaged faceted bone screw technology.

Reader's Digest compiled a list of 12 common errors about the medical industry in movies and TV shows.

Although California often tops the list of healthcare data breaches because of its large population, Illinois had the most breaches in the U.S. for April, HIPAA Journal reports. 

The top strategic driver of healthcare acquisitions for firms is consolidation or scaling up to increase competitiveness, according to a West Monroe report. 

Non-hospital provider facilities such as ASCs are a No. 1 acquisition target for 10 percent of healthcare acquirers, according to a West Monroe report.

In our ongoing series, Becker's ASC Review spoke with American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities' Associate Director of Accreditation Jeanne Henry about the organization's commonly cited deficiency related to annual biomedical inspections.

Of the four U.S. cities on Deutsche Bank's quality of life index, Boston has the highest quality of life ranking at No. 11 and New York City has the lowest at No. 31, Business Insider reports.

Eight metro areas with booming populations had recent shortages of at least 500 nurses and saw consistent scarcities for the last three years, according to LinkedIn data. 

ASCs across the country are benchmarking their surgical cases to maximize the value of their centers. In every region, except the Northeast, the average ASC has four operating rooms and two procedure rooms; the average ASC in the Northeast has…