Hospitals with low nursing staffing levels may have higher patient mortality risk, according to a Sweden-based Karolinska Institutet thesis, Medical Xpress reports. Swedish researchers had nurses answer a series of questions about the care they did not provide due to…
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Health workers failing to make hand hygiene compliance a priority may put patients' health at risk.
For the first time since 1999, the CDC has updated its evidence-based recommendations for surgical site infection prevention, with results published in JAMA.
Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan researchers found changing elderly patient's psychiatric medication dosage could reduce their fall risk, Medical Xpress reports.
February 2017 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On The CoverASC Leaders Share Their Top Goals for 2017 As the New Year rapidly approaches, ASC leaders share their top goals for 2017. Click here to continue. What Will Happen to Bundled…
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January, February 2017 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On the CoverIndependent vs. Hospital-Associated ASCs: Mutually Assured Destruction or an Uneasy Truce?ASCs that are jointly owned by independent physician groups and hospitals or health systems may spur contention and discord among…
November, December 2017 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On the Cover 6 Out-of-the-Box Opportunities to Improve ASC Profitability in 2017As we close out 2016 and roll into 2017, ambulatory surgery center administrators are preparing for the challenges of the coming…
September, October 2016 Issue of Becker’s ASC Review On the CoverHow One Miami-based ASC Increased its EBITDA by 90%-4 Key StrategiesNearly 10 years ago, Meridian Surgical Partners, an ambulatory surgery center management and development company, acquired an interest in…
Candida auris is infecting patients in hospitals throughout the United States, according to abc 6.
Paramus, N.J.-based New Century Spine and Outpatient Surgical Institute is the first free-standing surgery center to install and use Indigo-Clean continuous environmental disinfecting operating room lights.