A strong culture of safety begins with leadership. The Joint Commission outlines what healthcare leaders must do to promote and support safe practices.

What's behind the spike in Opioids disappearing from VA hospitals? The drug losses have been attributed to clinical staff stealing medications, either for their own use or for sale on the street.

A roadmap to OR integration. Follow these steps to unlock the power of technologically advanced surgical care.

Don't go it alone. Choose the advisors and consultants to make your project a success.

Build rooms with eye-popping views. The right visualization system puts the finishing touch on your OR upgrade.

In you build it, they will come. Our brand new surgery center attracts surgeons and patients alike.

Redesign & reinvent your reprocessing room. The central sterile department at St. Cloud Hospital is a high-tech, staff-friendly wonder.

Total joints are jumping. We opened a brand new surgery center to keep up with skyrocketing demand.

Check out every detail of your ORs --; before they're built. Q&A with Will Adams, M.Arch., master architect and guru of virtual reality design.

ORs built for speed. Combining the latest technologies with a functional design improves clinical efficiencies.

Navigate the new life safety codes. Tips to ensure your project complies with CMS's detailed requirements.

Why we renovated for outpatient spine. Our surgery center expanded into a rehabbed facility for a fraction of what new construction would have cost.

Despite neuropathy, jury finds total hip patient cared for properly. Expert testimony convinced jurors that a nerve injury sustained during a hip arthroplasty was a "known and unavoidable complication," not the product of a surgical negligence.

Bill would lift moratorium on construction and expansion of physician-owned hospitals. Texas Congressman continues to fight for repeal.

Oregon bill would Let ASCs offer extended care. Legislation would let patients at select surgery centers recuperate at the facilities for up to 48 hours after admission.

Emails show Barry Cadden tried to cover his tracks after his lab shipped contaminated steroids. "No more fudging. No more BS. We must clean up all of our processes," NECC President Barry Cadden wrote in one email.

10% of alcohol-based preps allowed to dry for 3 minutes caught fire. Researchers say surgeons can decrease OR fire risk by using non-alcohol based skin preps or avoiding pooling of the prep solution.

Faulty sensor leads to recall of Alaris Syringe Pump. Sensor-related false alarms could interrupt the supply of vital fluids to patients.

Humble Surgical Hospital is excoriated by judge for bilking Aetna out of millions. Texas facility paid physicians referral fees and submitted inflated claims, says court.

New details in how female impostor gained access to 5 ORs. A woman posing as a doctor in training uses "tailgating" to infiltrate the OR and other restricted areas of prestigious hospital.