Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . With the rapid growth of outpatient surgery centers, patient safety in this setting has come under increased ...

Constitution Surgery Alliance (CSA), a leading developer and operator of outpatient surgery centers, is proud to announce that eight of its managed ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have been ...

The latest version of the checklist was released in Sept. 2009. While the content of the 19 checklist items remains unchanged from the previous version, the wording of each checklist item has been ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Richard Menger is a neurosurgeon and a political scientist. A post-operative x-ray showing a spinal deformity correction for ...

Joint Base San Antonio, Texas (Dec. 2, 2016) -- Army medical treatment facilities are maintaining surgical safety by using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SAN FRANCISCO — Office-based surgery can be performed safely across several different ophthalmic procedures, ...

The operating room is the traditional revenue engine of the hospital. Perioperative services at better performing institutions contribute up to 68 percent of a hospital’s revenue. As the U.S.

If you've ever watched Grey's Anatomy, you know that hospitals are complicated systems with many moving parts (and sometimes, lots of drama). Doctors, nurses and other staff face endless demands and a ...

But I don't know if my analogy is reassuring since despite aviation's good safety record, most of us are at least a little afraid of flying, and surgery, too. If you're sitting in the pre-op waiting ...

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More than 1 in 3 outpatient surgery centers employ doctors who are not board certified in their respective medical specialty, according to a survey by the Leapfrog Group. Leapfrog, a nonprofit that ...