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Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for October 7, 2013.

Scott W. Wolfe, MD, is the Director of the Center for Brachial Plexus and Traumatic Nerve Injury at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York. Steve K. Lee, MD, is the Research Director at the Center for Brachial Plexus…

The pressures of healthcare reform, an imbalance between work and personal time and financial concerns all contribute to physician burnout. Here are three things to know about the cost and causes of physician burnout, according to a MD News report.

What are the Top ASC Employee Discipline Problems? Employee discipline is the top HR concern for ASC managers—that’s what MedHQ uncovered in a survey last year. But what discipline problems in particular are giving them the most trouble? MedHQ surveyed…

Here is a list of the 10 most-read patient safety tools from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2013, beginning with the most-read.

When considering both direct and indirect societal costs, healthcare-associated infections in U.S. acute-care hospitals cost between $96 billion and $147 billion annually, according to an article published in The Journal of Medical Economics.

Hospital units with 60 percent or more caregivers reporting exposure to leadership walkarounds have better patient safety cultures, according to an article published in the American Journal of Medical Quality.

A new measure of hospital-acquired conditions identifies conditions associated with greater mortality, length of stay and costs, according to a study in the American Journal of Medical Quality.

Medicare continued paying physicians through the last government shutdown — December 1995 through January 1996 — and physicians are still seeing payments roll in today since the funding for Medicare and Medicaid programs aren't dependent on Congress to appropriate money…

Hospira launched a nationwide recall of three lots of injections where glass strands were identified on the vial walls, according to an ASCA report.