Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

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...