Have you automated these 5 areas yet? These folks only wish they'd done it sooner.

Quickly notify your turnover team that a room is ready for them by using a beeper. An Idea that Works from Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center.

Letters & E-mails - Outpatient Surgery Magazine - December, 2013

Collecting co-pays doesn't have to be a painful process. Settle up before surgery.

Encourage your staff's best behavior with a prime parking spot to show your appreciation. An Idea that Works from Central Louisiana Surgical Hospital.

A surgical songbook for the holiday season. See Paula Watkins's Christmas carols for OR Nurses.

Could any of these 10 labeling and storage accidents waiting to happen, be lurking in your facility?

Thinking of Buying ... Retina Accessories for Ophthalmic Microscopes, get the big picture for posterior segment surgery.

Take a photo of loaner sets to prove the condition they were in when you received them by using an inexpensive digital camera. An Idea that Works from Midtown Surgery Center.

We walked the aisles with your OR efficiency in mind at this year's American Society of Anesthesiologists' annual meeting. Here are 15 cool, new products for anesthesia.

Save a few minutes by bagging case supplies for the day. An Idea that Works from Mayo Clinic Hospital.

A nurse was fatally stabbed at a Texas ASC.

See what makes OR Excellence surgery's can't-miss conference.

How would you have fared in the OR Excellence Tournament of Champions?

OR Excellence heads to the Big Easy! Join us next year for jazz, jambalaya and jaunts down Bourbon Street.

Never stop striving to improve patient throughput and room turnovers. Are your Ors truly efficient?

Price transparency's biggest proponent, Keith Smith, MD, shared his radical plan to revolutionize the healthcare system.

You can make 'never events' a reality with renewed focus and attention are what's needed.

Surgery's best were honored during a celebratory luncheon for OR Excellence Award winners.

In court, the medical record is the care rendered. How to survive a medical malpractice suit.