Florida facilities guarantee successful spine outcomes. Warranty promises free follow-up care to resolve post-op pain.

Does price transparency pay off? Utah ASC makes shopping for surgery easy.

Simulated saline puts patients at risk. A training product somehow ended up on supply shelves?

When diets and exercise don't shed the pounds, This device might. Pacemaker-like system targets the nerve that regulates feelings of hunger.

Court: GI doc on the hook for $411,000 in damages to former surgical center. Doctor allegedly went behind his partners' backs when he struck a secret referral deal with their corporate partner.

Yorkville Endoscopy to lose CMS accreditation Jan. 31. Clinic where Joan Rivers went into cardiac arrest cited for numerous failures.

Whistleblowers: GI docs had "No H&P, no problem" mentality. CRNAs say they were fired after raising safety concerns.

Orthopedic surgeon's license suspended for working under the influence. Scott Strasburger, MD, showed up impaired at a Nebraska surgical hospital.

8 common misconceptions about instrument decontamination. The right way to get items ready for sterilization.

Expert Q&A: wrong-site surgery. Why years of time outs and surgical site marking haven't eradicated this never event.

Surgeons' Lounge: No IV, No NPO. How Do You Handle Straight Local Cases?

Let the circulating nurse know about missing documentation with this Idea that Works from Valencia, California.

Can you afford a femto laser? Buy, lease or outsource? Here's a quick economics lesson.

Loosen adhesive easier with this Idea That Works from Seymour, Ind.

The benefits of reposable instruments. Reduce waste and control costs with these part-disposable, part-reusable instruments.

Cutting Remarks: 'I can't pee.' A stream of good advice if you require patients to void before discharge.

Staffing: Shape up or ship out. Send problem employees home for a day to repent and to reflect.

Thinking of Buying ... whole-room disinfection systems. Would your cleaning practices benefit from automated assistance?

Surgeons' Lounge: Awake and aware. Nerve Blocks on Unconscious Patients a Bad Idea

C-arm buying tips. Cool new options to look for in your next C-arm.