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Houston Methodist Hospital experienced a spike in reportable surgical site infections (SSIs) after open abdominal hysterectomies in 2023....

When the wildfires raged in California earlier this year, it wasn’t just firefighters who were concerned about the impact of the smoke....

Trusted associations strongly recommend warming patients throughout the perioperative process and an array of studies highlight the multiple benefits of this...

“Clean in, clean out” is the mantra that acute care teams use to keep staff hands clean and patients safe from transmissible infection. Of course, busy surgical team members...

Whether you’re starting from scratch or expanding what’s already there, there are many layers to every construction project involving surgical facilities...

Imagine this nightmare scenario: A large new endoscopy center is designed. Local officials review the construction plans. The facility is built. Those same officials conduct...

Patient and payor preferences and the potential for a seismic shift in how outpatient surgery is reimbursed have health systems strategizing about how their futures can...

When the Cleveland Clinic announced that a new ambulatory surgery center was being constructed in Palm Beach, Fla. this year, the industry took notice....

Since 2015, Brent Stackhouse, managing director of Mount Sinai Ventures, has been involved in developing ASCs for the Mount Sinai Health System to meet market...

Outfitting your orthopedic surgery center for the latest in cutting-edge procedures is an ongoing process, whether building from the ground up, retrofitting for growth or...