Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

The black and white photo is faded, but it’s easy to make out the wide smiles of anesthesiologists Wallace Reed and John Ford. The two men are shaking hands at a banquet table to celebrate the opening of SurgiCenter,...

Great ideas for your OR

Surface cleaning has been at the top of everyone’s mind for nearly two years during the pandemic. The truth is, this should always be the case, as ORs are high-risk areas...

You wouldn’t have devoted your life to surgery if you hadn’t fallen head over heels the first time you laid eyes on an OR. Sure, your commitment has been tested...

There’s a lot to juggle at a busy health system with nine operating rooms in which an average of 50 surgical cases are performed each day. When it came to my attention...

Why not? That’s the attitude Frances Farley, MD, instilled in me when I was training to be a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Michigan Medicine. Dr. Farley, a fellow pediatric...

Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan (OAM) at Midtowne, a freestanding surgery center in Grand Rapids, provided free lunches to joint replacement patients and the person who accompanies them to the facility after launching...

Last-minute changes to the surgical schedule, surgeon requests or cases that require specialized instrumentation could throw a wrench into how smoothly instruments flow through your facility. Installing a whiteboard in the hall...

Discharge specialists at Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, S.D., recover patients and help them to their cars when they’re ready to head home. “We decided to prioritize discharge efficiency, which allows for better...

Staff appreciation gestures have been a mainstay of the first year of operations at National Ambulatory Surgery Center in San Jose, Calif. Whether it’s a more formal designation for the Employee of the Quarter...