Despite what anyone claims, nobody is a born leader. Sure, some people are born with certain skills — communication, showmanship, empathy, charisma...

Soon after a total joint or a colon resection patient settles into his pre-op room at Mercy Health St. Elizabeth Boardman (Ohio) Hospital, he's greeted by a nurse holding a box...

If your patient drinks all her prep the night before her colonoscopy screening, her colon will be fully cleaned out when she goes to bed. But the digestive system never sleeps....

Dare to Dream Big; Tap into your imagination and creativity to design the ideal facility.

A Facility Fit for Orthopedics; We're set to open a surgery center built to meet the growing demand for outpatient spine and same-day total joints.

Are You Set Up for Spine? Outfit your ORs for one of outpatient surgery's hottest specialties.

Bring Your GI Suite Up to Speed Without Breaking the Bank; Pay-per-use financing helped us fund our facility-wide makeover.

On Point; Modernize to Thrive

Make Your ORs Infection Proof; There are plenty of ways to build bacteria-free zones when you're working with a clean slate.

Building the Perfect Eye Center; A top-down look at constructing a new ophthalmology facility from the ground up.

All About ENT; Our single-specialty surgery center serves as a model of efficient design and cutting-edge care.

7 Keys to Smart Sterile Processing Design; Bright and spacious areas are becoming centerpieces of instrument care.

Cancer Scare Continues to Inspire Patient-Friendly Designs; Q&A with Deborah Wingler, PhD, MSD-HHE, EDAC, patient advocate and creator of healing healthcare spaces.

How can you expect your recovery room nurses to be on the lookout for pressure injuries when they don’t know what position the patient was in during surgery? A simple...

Our blood glucose logs include key reminders for our staff. • Check expiration dates. Each day we test a patient, we must test the blood sugar monitor to ensure the strips and solutions have not expired. A box of test strips

You'll almost always pay more for premixed, prelabeled syringes prepared at a compounding pharmacy. You're paying not only for the drug, but also for the preparation time...

We know that pre-operative warming can help prevent hypothermia, which will lead to improved surgical outcomes, fewer surgical site infections, and much happier patients...

You can improve the patient experience the old-fashioned way by adding compassion to your bedside manner, but you also should be looking for opportunities to leverage...

Will your infection prevention practices pass inspection with accreditors and state health departments? Keep your facility in compliance by downloading this free checklist...

This micro-sized C-arm, aptly named Micro C, is the first-ever handheld fluoroscopic and digital imaging device. No more maneuvering a large machine around a small extremity...