Cardinal Health today announced the availability of Manage My ASC, a real-time, interactive management tool that provides a view into the financial and operational performance of an ambulatory surgery center.
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Recruiting top-level employees is a challenge in any business, but will be especially important for surgery centers in a changing healthcare environment.
Disposing of fluid waste in a surgical facility seems like an obvious task — and yet many surgical facilities botch the process, endangering employees through potential exposure to infection. According to Teresa Clouse, RN, CNOR, clinical consultant for Bemis Health…
More than 10 years ago, the Institute of Medicine in its landmark report, "To Err is Human," pointed out that at least 44,000 people, and perhaps as many as 98,000 people, die in hospitals each year as a result of…
A new study from Allied Anesthesia and Children's Hospital of Orange County examines the impact of administering narcotics to pediatric pain patients.
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New York Pain Consultants and North Shore-LIJ Southside Hospital announced plans to expand the comprehensive outpatient interventional pain management services at Southside Hospital.
Larry McTavish is CEO of SourceMedical, a leading source for outpatient solutions. He has more than 40 years of experience in the software and information services industries. Previously, Mr. McTavish served as chairman and CEO of Comdata, a publicly traded…
Tracy Hoeft-Hoffman, RN, MSN, MBA, is the administrator of Fremont (Neb.) Surgical Center, a multi-specialty surgery center that offers anesthesia, pain management, ENT, orthopedics, podiatry, OB/GYN and more. Prior to joining Fremont Surgical Center six months ago, Ms. Hoeft-Hoffman served…
Soraya Abbassian, MD, an internist in Portland, Ore., has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter charges in connection to a patient's death, according to a Bend Bulletin report.
Larry Burnett, RN, MS, a managing director of Huron Healthcare's clinical performance improvement solution, has shared four strategies for adopting evidence-based practices.