Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

How safe are your patients in 2017? Challenges remain, but many surgical leaders are finding ways to overcome them.

Editor's page: when quality reporting becomes burdensome. Patient satisfaction surveys could be more trouble than they're worth.

Behind closed doors: Surgical superheroes. Imagine what we could do if we had extraordinary powers.

Are you ready for OAS CAHPS? Mandatory participation in CMS's patient-satisfaction program begins in less than 6 months (we think). Here's how to prepare.

Be certain that endoscopes are still clean with this Idea That Works from San Francisco, Calif.

Thinking of Buying ... Fluid waste management systems. Your options in hard-plumbed and portable direct-to-drain systems.

Avoid spreading bacteria with this simple Idea That Works from Los Angeles, Calif.

Get patients out of PACU faster with this Idea That Work from Boston, Mass.

Time to buy a new table? Features that matter most when buying your next OR bed.

Flash forward. The unexpected benefits of abstaining from immediate-use steam sterilization.