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Nurses with Enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact multistate licenses may begin practicing in eNLC states as of Jan. 19.

Dissemination of an educational brochure improves disposal of unused opioids after surgery, a study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons found.

Here are 11 statistics on the percentage of revenue spend on ASC operating expenses for in-network centers, according to responses from HealthCare Appraisers' 2017 ASC Valuation Survey.

According to a study in the BMJ, duration of opioid prescription rather than dosage is more strongly associated with abuse among surgery patients without a history of recent or chronic opioid use.

Researchers from the Wisconsin Institute of Surgical Outcomes Research and University of Wisconsin created WoundCare, a smartphone application that allows patients to send surgical wound pictures to remote nurses, HealthCareBusiness reports. Both organizations are based in Madison, Wis.

Here are 10 statistics on shareholder equity at ASCs based on VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2017 report.

Cornelius Dooley, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Santa Fe-based Northern New Mexico Gastroenterology. 

Stephen Rotman, MD, and Parham Safaie, MD, joined Milford (Mass.) Gastroenterology Associates, Wicked Local reports.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care's Institute for Quality Improvement conducted a benchmarking study on YAG laser posterior capsulotomy, a relatively high volume ambulatory ophthalmology procedure.

ASCs have many expenses, including plant, property and equipment.