March 2025

Perioperative teams keep patient and staff safety top of mind at all times, even during days with high volumes of cases that could pose distractions to providing safe care...

Are you feeling overwhelmed, overworked and facing a never-ending to-do list? When was the last time you participated in discussions that include best practice solutions...

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Nikki Williams, RN, CNOR, executive director of Watson Clinic Surgery Center in ...

While there are many important considerations for running a top-notch outpatient total hips program, what happens in the OR is fairly straightforward and not necessarily on the...

One of the most significant shifts in the ever-evolving healthcare landscape has been the rapid migration of cardiology procedures from hospital settings to ambulatory...

Hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) feel they’re being nicked financially from all directions, which could continue to result in the provision of less medical care to needy...

Bryanna D. Vesely, DPM, MPH, a fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeon with Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., is seven months out from her...

An inadvertent hypothermic event during surgery can turn a routine procedure into a case with multiple complications....

You can create the best PowerPoint on the planet to educate your staff, but nothing beats a learning-by-doing approach. That’s why vendor education should be as efficient...

Prizes are a great way to reward pint-sized patients after procedures or appointments, but how you offer the prize is as important, if not more important, than what you...

As a surgeon on the forefront of outpatient colectomies, Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS, assigns a high value to patient selection....

Seeing a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville is a spiritual experience....

Are you caught in a whirlwind with challenges coming at you from all directions? You’re not alone.....

Few people understand the power of visual aids like sterile processing department (SPD) educators....

You know what we’re up against — 4.6 million nurses will retire by 2030, according to research by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)....

The name Karen Maloney, MSN, RN, BSN, CASC, is synonymous with ASC growth in the Western Pennsylvania region....