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Rita Gooding is the vice president of operations at Blue Chip Surgery Center Partners, a Cincinnati-based ambulatory surgery center management and development company.

A free congestive heart failure discharge guide is available in English and Spanish from Jersey City, N.J.-based LibertyHealth, which operates Jersey City Medical Center.

Gaining buy-in to safety and quality projects is essential for the success of these initiatives.

Surgical outcomes for cancer patients may differ from outcomes for non-cancer patients, according to a study reported by the American College of Surgeons.

Staff workload was not associated with hand hygiene compliance in a hematology ward at University Hospital Basel in Switzerland, according to a study in Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control.

At the 20th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Jeffrey C. Clark and David Pivnick will give a presentation titled "Litigation Involving ASCs – Key Issues, Antitrust, False Claims, Redemptions and Non Competes."

  Recent studies published in medical journals questioning the safety of forced-air patient warming in orthopedic implant and other ultra-clean surgeries could mean a wave of new litigation.

  Here are seven things for ambulatory surgery center leaders to know for July 22, 2013.

Here are the 10 most popular patient safety tools for the week of July 15 to 19, 2013, beginning with the most popular.

Irving, Texas-based Minimally Invasive SpineCARE announced that it is opening a new clinic in Joshua, Texas.