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Establishing a process for safe alarm management and response is one way healthcare providers can mitigate alarm fatigue — the desensitization of healthcare workers and clinicians to medical device alarms — according to The Joint Commission.

AmkaiSolutions, a software solutions provider for ASCs, surgical hospitals and surgical practices, has added three new regional vice presidents of sales.

Keith Meister, MD, performed shoulder surgery on Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Jeff Niemann at Trinity Park Surgery Center in Arlington, Texas, according to an MLB report.

Randy Piper, Vice President of Non Acute Contracting at Amerinet, discusses why it's beneficial for ambulatory surgery centers to participate in a committed contracting program.

Highlands Health System in Prestonsburg, Ky., announced the addition of orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine physician Robert Royalty, MD, to its medical staff.

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons has partnered with Touch of Life Technologies to develop a virtual reality-based shoulder simulator to train and evaluate orthopedic residents in shoulder arthroscopy surgery, according to a Market Watch report.

Martin Schiavenato, PhD, RN, a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Nurse Faculty Scholar, has invented a machine to assess pain in premature infants and potentially protect them from its negative developmental effects, according to a press release from the foundation.

Healthcare associated infections have long been considered a hospital problem, but with 75 percent of surgical procedures in the United States being performed on an outpatient basis, ASCs need to address the issue of HAIs as well. HAIs are responsible…

There has been a dramatic increase in the frequency of drug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae nationwide, according to a study published in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.

The areas of a hospital room that have the most pathogens differ depending on the type of room, according to a study in Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology.