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Courts: Dental practice's negligence resulted in patient's sexual assault. CRNA gets life in prison, but dental practice is responsible for 100% of $3.7 million verdict.

Nationwide outpatient satisfaction survey to begin next month. It's voluntary now, but may be mandatory later.

Surgeon operated on wrong part of brain. Officials: Surgeon and his team skipped the time out and hid the error afterwards.

Widow sues Olympus and custom Ultrasonics over husband's Superbug death. Suit: Defectively designed duodenoscope made parts of the instrument difficult to access for cleaning and sterilization.

Surgeons reach peak performance between 35 and 50 years old. Evidence suggests that post-op complication rate higher in surgeons with 20+ years of experience.

Results from first head-to-head comparison of Exparel and conventional Bupivacaine. New study shows not much separates standard bupivacaine from pricey Exparel.

Forbes: Punitive ban on physician-owned hospitals imposed by the Affordable Care Act Has to go. Hospitals owned by physicians are often the most efficient, state-of-the-art facilities in the country.

'Post-Hospital Syndrome' is a risk factor in elective surgery. Patients who've been hospitalized within 90 days of surgery have higher post-op readmissions, study finds.

FDA approval of Sugammadex appears imminent. Independent panel gives unanimous nod to anesthesia-reversal drug.

Infections from Flexible Endoscopes cited as No. 1 health tech hazard. Missed alarms and opioid-related deaths also on the Top 10 Health Technology Hazards List for 2016.

Certification should be required, say sterile processing pros. Survey also finds a strongly perceived lack of respect.

Has concurrent surgery gone too far? The practice of surgeons starting a second operation before they've finished the first has led to a swirling controversy at a major hospital.

CMS denies 10% of claims under new ICD-10 codes. But only a small number of those denials were due to coding errors.

Federal budget takes aim at hospital-owned surgery centers. "Site-neutral" provision applies to facilities acquired after 2016.

10 workarounds toward efficiency. Hack your workflow to make life at your facility easier.

Smith & Nephew acquires Blue Belt Technologies. The $275M deal creates a power player in robotics-assisted orthopedic surgery.

Study: Medication errors rampant during surgery. Rapidly changing conditions cultivate a mistake-filled culture.

How does dropless cataract surgery affect healthcare costs? Avoiding post-op drops can also reduce patients' costly co-payments by billions, a new study finds.

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Pictures from OR Excellence. Check out the memorable scenes from San Antonio.