Federal budget takes aim at hospital-owned surgery centers. "Site-neutral" provision applies to facilities acquired after 2016.

10 workarounds toward efficiency. Hack your workflow to make life at your facility easier.

Smith & Nephew acquires Blue Belt Technologies. The $275M deal creates a power player in robotics-assisted orthopedic surgery.

Study: Medication errors rampant during surgery. Rapidly changing conditions cultivate a mistake-filled culture.

How does dropless cataract surgery affect healthcare costs? Avoiding post-op drops can also reduce patients' costly co-payments by billions, a new study finds.

Another round of pictures from OR Excellence. See what all the buzz is about and plan on joining us next year in sunny Florida.

Pictures from OR Excellence. Check out the memorable scenes from San Antonio.

Tables and robots work together. Trumpf Medical and Intuitive Surgical collaborate on OR integration option.

Screening skepticism. How long are aggressive colonoscopy schedules necessary?

California hospital recycles runoff condensation. Queen of the Valley Medical Center uses the runoff from its air-handling units to keep its campus green.

Researchers pinpoint 5 ways to overcome "Weekend Effect". Weekend surgery patients do better when these concerns are addressed.

Researchers tasked with creating safer, smarter operating room. A team of architects, engineers and medical professionals receives $1 million to design the perfect OR.

Xenex slaps Tru-D with restraining order. Marketing battle between the whole room disinfection competitors turns ugly.

Product News for your facility.

5 ways EMRs make our lives easier. Going paperless infuses the workday with amazing efficiencies.

Benefits of the integrated OR. From the lights to the laparoscopes, all of the equipment in our rooms is connected via a single software platform.

Getting results with regional anesthesia. Don't let avoidable obstacles block the techniques' workflow and patient care advantages.

Safety: Keys to smooth patient handoffs. Relay the patient's condition clearly and concisely.

What your eye surgeons want in a microscope. Poll your surgeons and it's highly likely they'll list the following factors as the keys to their scope choices.

Home recovery and rehab for total joint patients. Daily visits from nurses and therapists are a necessary component of outpatient joint surgery.