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In our ongoing series, Becker's ASC Review spoke with AAAASF’s Associate Director of Accreditation Jeanne Henry about the organization's commonly cited deficiencies related to the transition from paper to electronic surgical logs.

The Joint Commission updated its hand hygiene standard for all accreditation programs.

In at least one metropolitan area, the main cause of medical litigation is infections from total joint replacements, according to an article in the Journal of Arthroplasty.

Here are 77 statistics for an ASC's balance sheet, outlining the average percentage of operating expenses for each category by region of the country, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker.

The following is based on a benchmarking study from AAAHC on clinical findings for YAG laser posterior capsulotomy in the ASC based on data from 28 organizations that perform a combined total of 15,509 YAG laser posterior capsulotomy procedures annually.

A study, published in The Journal of Arthroplasty, assessed readability of online patient education materials from orthopedic implant manufacturers.

Medline completed is acquisition of Centurion Medical Products, which was originally announced in November.

A 70-year-old woman filed a lawsuit against Eric Fishman, MD, and Yonkers, N.Y-based Westmed Medical Group, claiming Dr. Fisher talked on his cell phone while performing an outpatient varicose vein procedure.

Chemonics International announced its USAID Global Health Supply Chain Program — Procurement and Supply Management project successfully reached a 71 percent on-time delivery rate in October.

There are around 48.3 million surgeries performed in ASCs per year, and 70 percent were associated with the digestive system, musculoskeletal system, integumentary system and nervous system, according to a report from the CDC.