It’s a common occurrence in facilities everywhere: A newer nurse or a traveler will come into an OR and notice some slight variations in how the perioperative team is positioning the patient for the case....

With endoscope repair, cost isn’t the only consideration. Providers require consistent, high-quality availability and prompt turnarounds to avoid risks to performance and throughput....

The best way to mitigate risk is to catch it before it happens. That’s the whole idea behind standardizing a surgical checklist — providing constant confirmation to safely ensure the patient’s care....

Jesse Hixson, MSN, RN, CNOR, administrator for the Monroeville (Pa.) Surgery Center, expected orthopedic and cataract surgeons to be extremely discerning and opinionated about the surgical gloves they used....

Even though some minor heart procedures have been taking place in outpatient settings for years, performing more complex same-day cardiovascular interventions is very much in its infancy....

Open your mind to different perspectives with the understanding that you may not always be “in the right” in every situation....

Healthcare workers were outraged last year over the criminalization of a medical error by critical-care nurse RaDonda Vaught, who was found guilty of two felonies, lost her RN license and sentenced to three years of probation...

Construction of any medical facility — a large hospital or a small ambulatory surgery center (ASC) — has one foundational goal: to effectively...

What has changed is the steady growth in awareness among patients and payers about surgery centers and the reliable patient care and positive outcomes they deliver. What hasn’t changed, unfortunately, is the need for...

The ambulatory surgery center (ASC) industry is hyper-focused on growth. It is also, however, littered with the carcasses of facilities that failed by attempting to grow too quickly without enough honest forethought and solid strategic planning....

A study by researchers at Rothman Orthopaedic Institute at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia examines an emerging development in the field of outpatient total joint arthroplasty...

If you’re on the fence about entering the outpatient GI space, a few statistics on colonoscopy cases should be all the convincing you need....

Same-day spine surgery is having a moment right now. From cervical disc replacements to thoracic decompressions to microdiscectomies and more, ASCs across the U.S. are performing spine...

Atlantic Health System of Morristown, N.J., opened its Morristown Medical Center Rockaway Pavilion Ambulatory Surgery Center in November of last year, a 15,000-square-foot facility that boasts four...

Demand for same-day total joint replacements has never been higher for ASCs, thanks in part to a significant decrease in hospital inpatient procedures that began during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and never really let up....

When your own staff entrusts your facility to provide the same type of lifestyle-maintaining care that they’ve helped thousands of patients experience, it’s a real testament to the quality...

Sharona Ross, MD, FACS, became a surgeon in 2007, yet didn’t sit at her first robotics console until 2012. Eleven years later, 99% of her cases, many of them complex cancer procedures, are performed robotically....

Ten years ago, I walked into a meeting with my current business partner, and he listed a handful of goals on a single eight-and-a-half by eleven-inch sheet of paper. A decade later, we’ve achieved all of those original goals....

Every profession has its own secret language, but it’s safe to say our workplace jargon is in a class of its own. We have a storied history of mnemonics, acronyms and devices to recall information on a dime....

The old adage, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail,” feels like it was written specifically for the surgical experience. Whether patients are choosing an elective surgery or in need of emergent surgery...