It started like a normal Tuesday morning. Driving to work at 5:30 a.m., setting my intentions for the day, I could not help noticing the full moon, which should have been...

In my former role as a senior leader of an ASC, I entered a finance meeting eager to share our process improvement initiatives that had resulted in reductions in expenses....

In a brightly lit, compact pediatric operating room, dozens of doctors, nurses and students crowded in to catch a glimpse of what was happening on the video monitor....

Rubik’s Cube is a three-dimensional color-matching puzzle based on algorithmic sequencing of nearly infinite potential solution sets: 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 of...

Everyone hopes to never be part of a lawsuit and all the stress and aggravation that accompanies it....

You could hear it in his voice. The anxiety, frustration and outright exhaustion was palpable when a conference attendee discussed his surgery center’s experience with...

Face time with executive leadership is one of the best ways to ensure staff recognizes that their day-to-day work is an integral part of their facility’s mission....

While federal priorities around sustainability may change, the mission of health care to “Do No Harm” remains steadfast among its providers and facilities....

The concept of emotional intelligence has progressively gained a foothold in our culture during the 21st century, and there are few environments that can use it more than the...

Adding gamification to your First Case On-Time Starts (FCOTS) practices could yield immediate results.

It’s not unusual for a resident at Raya’s Paradise, a senior care community in Los Angeles, to suffer from postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV) in recovery from...

Anthony LaSita, CST, knew a breakdown in the sterile processing procedure when he saw one....

A provider can go their entire career without encountering a malignant hyperthermia (MH) event. But if one does occur on your watch, a few minutes can make the difference...

A successful total joints program requires careful attention to many aspects of care, from preoperative optimization to postoperative pain management — but the actual...

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a common condition for men older than 45....

Most facilities struggle with turnover times that are higher than leadership would like....

Two months ago, a patient visited the surgical experts at NYU Langone Health. After being diagnosed with necrosis of his entire forearm due to complications from COVID...

There are plenty of characteristics stakeholders should look for in the architect they select to design their new surgery center and ensure the vision remains intact....

All surgery centers will experience a cyberattack at some point in the future, and chances are it won’t be a targeted attack....

Do you usually read instructions? I rarely do unless I’m stuck. Take cooking, for example. Once I find a recipe I like, I tend to make it from memory, skipping the instructions....