Difficult airways: Are you prepared for the challenging intubations that you can't predict?

Behind Closed Doors: The irritating things our colleagues do. 8 ways our co-workers drive us up a wall.

Get the most from your anesthesia providers. An administrator and an anesthesiologist share the secrets to their working success.

Medical Malpractice: Sedation, sexual assault and surgical centers. Protect your patients from caregiver abuse and the resultant lawsuits.

Olympus issues new duodenoscope reprocessing instructions. New guidelines focus on problematic elevator channel.

Weather or not. Does severe weather ever scrub your surgical schedule?

Dentist accused of leaving sedated kids alone. One wandered in the waiting room; the other called his mother.

244 ASCs will be part of Tenet-USPI joint venture. The Tenet-USPI joint venture will be the largest provider of ambulatory surgery in the United States.

Ready for a robot? New technology is improving robotic surgery -- although questions still linger about its use.

Let UV light shine. Small but mighty superbug-zapping robots that decontaminate the surfaces you missed are the newest craze in infection prevention.

The promise of phaco-less cataract surgery. Femtosecond lasers continue to revolutionize the procedure's potential.

A black box in every OR. Surgery can take a lesson from aviation, says the surgeon who invented a device that records every step of surgery.

The melding of health care and technology is inevitable. Q&A with Rafael Grossmann, MD, FACS, healthcare futurist and Google Glass Explorer.

Seeing is believing. Brilliant high-def monitors and stunning 3D images are revolutionizing surgical video's eye-popping potential.

The evolution of EMRs. Electronic documentation systems continue to imp-rove, offering advantages inside and outside the OR.

The very real benefits of real-time imaging. Working with constantly updated pictures of anatomy allows for safer, more efficient surgery.

Colon cancer doesn't stand a chance. Improved optics and mechanical innovations are revolutionizing colonoscopy screenings.

Sugammadex FDA approval pushed back again. Merck had expected approval to be imminent.

HHS suggests CMS implement site-neutral payments for outpatient surgery. So far, CMS has disagreed with the suggestion to cut hospital payments to ASC rates.

Insurer penalized for incomplete colonoscopy coverage. N.Y. investigation found patients on the hook for anesthesia services.