Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Nikki Williams, RN, CNOR, executive director of Watson Clinic Surgery Center in ...

The name Karen Maloney, MSN, RN, BSN, CASC, is synonymous with ASC growth in the Western Pennsylvania region....

You know what we’re up against — 4.6 million nurses will retire by 2030, according to research by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN)....

Few people understand the power of visual aids like sterile processing department (SPD) educators....

Are you caught in a whirlwind with challenges coming at you from all directions? You’re not alone.....

Seeing a concert at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville is a spiritual experience....

As a surgeon on the forefront of outpatient colectomies, Laila Rashidi, MD, FACS, FASCRS, assigns a high value to patient selection....

Prizes are a great way to reward pint-sized patients after procedures or appointments, but how you offer the prize is as important, if not more important, than what you...

You can create the best PowerPoint on the planet to educate your staff, but nothing beats a learning-by-doing approach. That’s why vendor education should be as efficient...

An inadvertent hypothermic event during surgery can turn a routine procedure into a case with multiple complications....

Bryanna D. Vesely, DPM, MPH, a fellowship-trained foot and ankle surgeon with Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, Va., is seven months out from her...

Hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) feel they’re being nicked financially from all directions, which could continue to result in the provision of less medical care to needy...

One of the most significant shifts in the ever-evolving healthcare landscape has been the rapid migration of cardiology procedures from hospital settings to ambulatory...

While there are many important considerations for running a top-notch outpatient total hips program, what happens in the OR is fairly straightforward and not necessarily on the...

Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s editors capture major trends that impact the ambulatory market, but it is often the lesser-known, smaller innovations that make a difference for...

According to Grandview Research in their “U.S. Ambulatory Surgery Centers Database” study, which covers data from 2024 to 2030, a growth in ambulatory surgery centers is...

The 6th Annual Hospital Leadership ASC Survey from Avanza Healthcare Strategies, previewed in various media channels in December 2024, highlights a number of trends...

The 11th annual report by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), released in November 2024, underscores the evolution of hip and knee surgeries in the...

Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s New Surgical Construction Bulletin (NSCB) reports daily on the construction and renovation activities in the outpatient market across the...

In January 2025, Health Affairs, the leading peer-reviewed journal of health policy thought and research, issued a series of commentary articles from the...