Failure to prioritize the prevention of surgical site infections (SSIs) may result in your facility incurring hundreds of thousands of dollars in costs...

Surgical tables have come a long way, and the advances afford HOPDs and ASCs the variety to make the right combination of choices for their facilities....

Then Korie Enscoe, MSN, RN, became a nurse 20 years ago, patients who had total joint replacements would spend a week in the hospital followed by a few days in a...

It seems so simple: Clean hands provide a safe environment for patients. But as anyone who works at a surgical facility knows, sometimes the most basic things — especially...

Outpatient total shoulder arthroplasties (TSAs), popularly known as shoulder replacements, were already gaining ground before CMS approved them for ASCs in 2024....

Yes, it’s true the ASC industry is growing at an astonishing pace. But it’s also true that succeeding in this crowded space leaves little room for error....

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...