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Succeeding in the world of ambulatory quality is challenging. Organizations are awash in a sea of quality measures to track and report. They have multiple incentive-laden payor contracts, often with different quality-based incentives, and limited resources devoted to improving performance.

Space suits used to prevent orthopedic prosthetic joint infections may actually contribute to increased infection rates, according to a study in The Journal of Arthroplasty.

The nation's largest union of registered nurses National Nurses United endorsed Marie Newman for Congress as a Democrat. Ms. Newman is running against Rep. Dan Lipinski (D-Ill.) in Illinois' 3rd Congressional District in the March 20, 2018 primary.

Depending on center dynamics, ASCs rely on their top two, five and 10 physicians to drive case volume. Here are 15 statistics on top physician volume at ASCs based on data from VMG Health's Multi-Speicalty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

The Joint Commission announced changes to two of its National Patient Safety Goals have gone into effect.

Here are 14 statistics on pain management cases in ASCs based on VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Inellimarker 2017.

The outpatient surgery rooms at Minneapolis-based Hennepin County Medical Center's new $160 million specialty treatment center will offer providers a unique lighting setup, the Minnesota StarTribune reports.

The Joint Commission is urging ambulatory care provides to take extra precautions to ensure that they aren't reusing the single-use portion of blood glucose monitoring devices.

Here are 14 statistics on ophthalmology net revenue per case and case volume across the U.S., according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017.

Here are key statistics on operating expenses per case at ASCs across the country, based on VMG Health Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017 data.