Perfect your pre-admission process. Advice for starting every patient experience on the right foot.

Medical Malpractice: Don't give in to the gadget. Distracted doctoring is the new legal minefield.

Are morcellators safe for hysterectomies? They speed the procedure, but do they spread cancer, too? See what this gynecologic surgeon has to say.

Can you pass this prepping quiz? Want to start a great debate? Ask your surgeons and nurses to defend their skin prepping preferences and beliefs.

Behind Closed Doors: What's in Paula's pockets? Why hoarders make efficient nurses.

How comfortable are your ORs? Take this hospital's lead and focus on features that ease the daily grind.

Ideas That Work: Division of labor. Mailboxes make tasks fairer and easier. Use mailboxes to make tasks fairer and easier with this Idea That Works from Corinth, Mississippi.

About my error. The orthopedic surgeon talks about his wrong procedure in order to share the lessons learned.

Ideas That Work: Potty training. Postcard for post-op constipation. Cut down on post-op constipation complaints with this Idea That Works from Salisbury, Maryland.

Ideas That Work: Pediatric pulse ox. Let kids wear PJs for surgery. Keep a pediatric patients comfortable during surgery with this Idea That Works from Langhorne, Pennsylvania.

Anesthesiologist Suspended for Sexually Charged Texts, Illicit Behavio

Don't use saline bags to position patients. Improvised shoulder roll a patient safety danger.

The secret to fewer post-operative deep-vein blood clots. Prevention program leads to an 84% drop in the rate of DVT.

Snapshots of the speakers and sessions on tap for OR Excellence 2014. Here's what we have in store for you at our fabulous, fun-filled fall conference.

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

Shouldn't you be doing outpatient total joints? Our special pre-conference session will show you that same-day total joint surgery is now within your reach.

Meet your new best friend at ORX. Networking opportunities abound at surgery's friendliest, warmest conference.

He did what? Unusual problems, creative solutions. Handling the taboo, the strange and the dreadful.

Growing a culture of safety. Take-home tools to manage disruptive behaviors.

Let technology make pre-admissions a breeze. Untapped opportunities hold huge potential benefits.