Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Cutting remarks: Why do patients blow off their surgeries? They don't have a ride home or maybe they're getting cold feet.

Editor's page. What a ride it's been for Nurse Nancy Burden.

Ideas that work: waiting room. Our EMR keeps patients' escorts in the loop.

Ideas that work: scrub sink bins. Remind staffers to don protective eyewear.

Product news.

Keep your stethoscopes from wandering off with this Idea That Works from Washington.

Thinking of Buying Arthroscopy imaging consoles. They're the brains of the operation.

New currents in electrosurgery. Recent innovations are improving safety and convenience.

Cutting Remarks: The joys of ICD-10 documentation. The new coding system requires equal parts precision and patience.

Help speed OR turnovers between cases with this Idea That Works from Chico, California.