In early April, the Outpatient Surgery Magazine editorial team headed north to attend AORN’s 72nd annual Global Surgical Conference & Expo....

One summer in my late teens, I temped at a giant medical billing company for a short stint before eventually finding more suitable work painting houses....

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York City proves that going green doesn’t automatically mean you will lose green....

The Monroeville (Pa.) Ambulatory Surgery Center faced a significant challenge surrounding inefficient instrument use that led to increased costs and delays in surgical...

Like many hospitals across the country, The Valley Hospital in Paramus, N.J., experienced a period of low staffing in its sterile processing department (SPD)...

Postoperative pain is a common symptom after inguinal hernia repair, with patients still reporting pain even after being discharged home....

With more than 30 staff members and numerous physicians performing thousands of surgeries in various specialties, it was difficult to get everyone on the same page at...

The goal of a project launched at Waupun (Wis.) Memorial Hospital in August 2022 was to reduce surgical site infections (SSIs) in a few service lines....

When the former nurse manager of Kaiser Sacramento (Calif.) Ambulatory Surgery Center discovered potential issues with the information staff delivered to patients...

The annual OR Excellence Awards is our attempt to shine a light the efforts of hardworking ASCs and HOPDs teams and celebrate their myriad achievements....