An effective fluid waste management system is a necessity for a busy orthopedic center. After all, the specialty is famous for its messy, fluid-filled cases....

It’s a simple proposition: mark the site of surgery on the patient so it’s clear where the incision should be made....

If your surgeons rely on older power tools because they’re used to them, it’s time to help them keep pace with the changes that continue to revolutionize the kinds...

Surgical positioning can be an undervalued task for all staff....

The jury is out on how big of a role airborne contaminants play when it comes to causing surgical site infections....

New surgery center construction is not for the faint of heart....

Many surgical facility leaders view the Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Survey — better known as OAS CAHPS...

Great leaders recognize that trust is the key to any truly functioning, productive relationship....

Federal law enforcement and health agencies have issued a warning that a ransomware group with ties to Russia has encouraged its affiliates to target...

Surgical facilities across the country are gearing up to participate in Patient Safety Awareness Week from March 10-16....

The ambulatory surgical center environment is a busy one with many caseloads being handled by an expert team of healthcare professionals....

A female nursing student found dead Feb. 22 in a wooded area of the University of Georgia campus in Athens hours after she failed to return from a run at a nearby...

Immersed in their day-to-day, employees can often lose their sense of the ultimate reason they are working so hard....

Although surgery demands the in-person presence of most employees, some nonclinical personnel may work remotely or on a hybrid basis....

Talk about a strong endorsement: John Berdahl, MD, an ophthalmologist at Vance Thompson Vision in Sioux Falls, S.D., counts his mother and father as patients...

A comfortable patient who is ready for eye surgery is essential for the provider to achieve an optimal outcome....

As the cataract reimbursement scene keeps changing, surgeons and facility leaders must feel like they’re on a roller coaster they never agreed to ride in the first place....

There has been an enormous amount of media attention and general buzz surrounding the new glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GLP-1) medications semaglutide...

As the ambulatory environment continues to evolve, outpatient facilities are utilizing regional pain blocks to control pain management in select patients who...

Leaders absorbed in the weeds of “hard” tactics, strategies and policies often can neglect their “soft” people skills....