Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

Charles Hannon, MD, MBA, an orthopedic surgeon with Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., is a leading researcher on pain management before, during and after hip...

When Benjamin M. Mauck, MD, was fatally gunned down in a Collierville, Tenn., exam room in July, allegedly by a troubled patient, the Memphis-area community lost...

Recently I was asked to put together a presentation on avoiding common mistakes in credentialing, privileging and peer review....

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Rob Taylor, RN, BS, IP, clinical director and total joints coordinator...

These days, you can’t turn on the TV without being assaulted by drug commercials promising to improve everything from your erection to your opioid-induced constipation...

Expanding the landscape of surgeries for Medicare patients at ASCs in 2024 does not look promising....

Training and education are at the forefront of everything we do in patient care. Unfortunately, when it comes to expanding the knowledge and skills...

I’m a sucker for traditions. Those set-your-clock-to-it moments you look forward to all year....

If you want staff to be more engaged and active in quality improvement and other care-related initiatives, think small....

ASCs are required by accreditors like AAAHC to educate staff and complete scenario-based simulations on “internal disaster” topics such as malignant hyperthermia...