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Outpatient Surgery Magazine connects the ambulatory surgery community – and offers OR leaders a place to exchange ideas, learn about emerging trends and discover in-the-field solutions to daily
challenges – providing the knowledge and tools to deliver high-quality care in the outpatient environment and keep healthcare workers and surgical patients safe.
January 2023
Capitalize on Joint Replacement Innovations
Robotics, computer navigation and more make a splash in arthroplasty.
Taking the Pulse: What the 2022 Salary and Workforce Survey Reveals
Throughout another difficult year, surgical leaders continued to fight to keep their careers — and facilities — headed in the right direction. Here’s what they had to say.
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Must Reads
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Building a $50 million new construction project without a major health system as a partner is no easy trick, but that’s just what two western Wisconsin practices did....
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When patients are recovering from intense surgeries at home and something unexpected or concerning occurs, they need to know whether what they’re experiencing is a common-but-alarming natural byproduct of their surgical journey...
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