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Here are six legislative changes that impact ambulatory surgery centers for April 21, 2015.

Founding Partner of Endocrine Associates of Dallas Stanley Feld, MD, discusses the current healthcare system and issues that will arise with cost in the future.

TouchCare, a mobile health application allowing physicians and patients to securely connect remotely through private face-to-face video calls on their smart devices, is now available on Android devices. The company has also announced a new version with a redesigned interface…

Researchers at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago found pediatric patients who listened to songs of their choosing, or audio books, experienced a significant reduction of post-surgical pain.

There was a recent lawsuit filed alleging negligence, corporate negligence and malpractice against a Connecticut surgery center, according to a NewsTimes report.

Sixteen international health systems have begun a year-long project called the Safer Care Accelerator. The project will gather and share data with the goal to design systems to improve patient safety, according to a report from CMAJ.

A study in The Journal of Hospital Infection, "Reducing viral contamination from finger pads: handwashing is more effective than alcohol-based hand disinfectants," concluded washing hands with soap and water is a better option than using alcohol-based disinfectants to remove noroviruses.

Here are seven news updates for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for April 21, 2015.

Spending on medicines increased 13.1 percent in 2014, the highest level since 2001, according to a report by the IMS Institute for Healthcare Informatics.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus control in the long term is feasible when a bundle of infection control precautions are strictly enforced over time, according to a study in Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology.