Researchers in Spain found that guiding IV fluid and vasoactive drug administration with esophageal doppler monitoring significantly reduced complications after major surgery, News Medical reports. Here are six takeaways.
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About one-third of healthcare providers reported a positive return on investment from their organization's value-based care efforts over the past five years, according to HealthLeaders Media's 2018 Annual Industry Outlook Survey.
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association rebuked a story by Kaiser Health News and USA Today saying it misrepresented the safety and quality of outpatient surgery.
Certified ASCs that obtain accreditation and maintain compliance typically report a low infection rate; in the third quarter of 2017, the ASC Quality Collaboration Quality Report showed a hospital transfer rate of 0.955 per 1,000 ASC admissions. Wrong site, side, patient,…
Here are 10 statistics on net revenue per case in the Midwest, based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker Study 2017.
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In an effort to provide high-quality, cost-effective care, ASCs rely on outsourced human drug compounding to accommodate specific patient orders. Most centers don't possess the appropriate staffing or access to the most advanced technology for safe in-house compounding and search…
Moonlighting — working for a second employer or starting a business — can come with legal risks. On Nurse.com, Nancy Brent, RN, JD, suggests nurses who moonlight take the following steps.
Here are six statistics on the percent of change observed for ASC acquisition activity and competition over the previous year. The data is based on the HealthCare Appraisers 2017 ASC Valuation Survey.
Here are six resident-based statistics on healthcare spending from 1991 to 2014, the most recent data published by CMS.
The budget bill that ended the government shutdown at the beginning of February gave CMS the option to reign in certain aspects of the Merit-based Incentive Payment System. Now, CMS is offering a full activity credit to clinicians who participate…