Here are 5 operating room regulations that just don't make sense. Take those rules and shove them.

Freedom of choice not always a good thing. Can we have reliability with so much variability?

The quest for products that protect your skin as well as they prevent infection.

There's a time and a place for rapid-cycle steam sterilization.

The OIG rejects another attempt to extort anesthesia fees. Anesthesia's profits are off-limits.

Act swiftly and assertively to stop trouble as soon as it starts. Put problem employees in their place.

A nurse was fatally stabbed at a Texas ASC.

Should you add robotics, femtosecond laser cataract surgery and spine? Adding new technology and procedures, what you should look for.

Enforce screening guidelines to keep the surgical schedule on track. Start every case on time.

Generating momentum is key to achieving life's goals.

Pay attention to OR Ergonomics. Laparoscopic surgery can be a nightmare for surgeons.

Psychiatrist Kent Neff, MD, explains how to face off with a good surgeon gone bad. Learn how to defuse disruptive doctors.

It's time to start collecting patients' pre-op information online. Use technology to rev up pre-admissions.

Moving cases along is the biggest key to growing the bottom line. Make your ortho center sing with efficiency.

You're likely in harm's way if you're billing and collecting for your anesthesia providers. Can facilities really profit from anesthesia services?

Knowing when to operate is knowing when not to operate. Are you pushing the patient safetyenvelope?

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

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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?