For the staff at The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi, a perfect time out before every procedure is non-negotiable....

When I was in high school, I was a highly competitive ice hockey player, fully expecting to compete in college....

The relentless cyberattacks on healthcare organizations — including surgery centers and hospitals — continues unabated....

The ORs at PIH Health Downey (Calif.) Hospital have been smoke-free for three years. If you’re interested in doing the same for your own ORs, here are key learnings from...

It cannot be overstated that the management of allergy information is an essential part of both the patient experience and patient safety at your ASC....

Airway management is a crucial component of modern medicine and enabling the safe and effective administration of anesthesia during surgery is paramount to patient...

There’s more to patient satisfaction than providing stellar outcomes for the problems they sought surgery to fix....

Many options exist for operating room table linens including fabric linens, disposable linens, and antimicrobial disposable linens....

The staff at The Plastic Surgical Center of Mississippi considers a perfect time out before every procedure to be non-negotiable....

We’ve long heard about the dangers of surgical smoke exposure and how it can threaten the long-term health of staff and patients in the OR, but what about its...

On Mar. 22, the Mountain State’s Republican governor, Jim Justice, signed HB 4376 into law....

Always “doing no harm” is a daunting task, but one same-day surgical centers strive for each day....

More than one-third of U.S. states have now enacted legislation that requires the use of surgical smoke evacuation systems in their ORs. The newest states to come on board...

Through my decades of researching, testing and helping implement healthcare design solutions, I’ve learned an important lesson: A human-centered and evidence-based...

Tracking down all the quality measures necessary to run a safe, efficient surgery center can feel like an impossible task for busy ASC leaders....

There has been an enormous amount of media attention and general buzz surrounding the new glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) medications semaglutide...

Surgical items are left in patients more frequently than you might think....

Most cataract patients suffer the condition in both eyes. So why not perform cataract surgery on both eyes on the same day? Well, for many surgeons and facilities...

It wasn’t until the caregiver team was debriefing that Connie Schwendeman, MSN, RN, CPAN, NPD-BC, began to relax. Ms. Schwendeman, a corporate learning consultant...

Postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) is the most underrated postoperative complication. It rarely gets the attention it deserves, and it’s our patients who suffer...