Outpatient Surgery Magazine Archive

The Registered Nurse First Assistant (RNFA) team at Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, Wash., has been providing inspiration to the next generation of healthcare...

Innovations in hip and knee arthroscopy are transforming how orthopedic surgeons diagnose and treat joint injuries. With the arrival of ultra-high-definition imaging...

Should they choose to buoy their meticulous surface disinfection practices with adjunct technology, facilities have multiple whole room disinfection options available....

Sports medicine and orthopedic surgery are, to use an apt if lame pun, joined at the hip. Patients who access sports medicine services often end up undergoing procedures in...

Houston-based Caryn Honig heard the words no marathoner wants to hear when told she needed a knee replacement. “You will probably never run again.”

Prefilled syringes don’t just prevent staff from cutting corners, they eliminate the corners altogether. That’s what Mike MacKinnon, DNP, FNP-C, CRNA, an anesthesia...

As the hospitals in our state started to reopen after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for same-day total joint replacements began to grow....

If you’ve ever worked in the OR, you are aware that the guiding light of any case is not the surgeon, anesthesiologist or even the schedule. It’s the surgeon’s preference sheet....

There’s a reason surgeons who perform outpatient spine surgery will say proper positioning is as important as the procedure itself. Improper positioning increases the...

I was 17, I took part in a program that paired entrepreneurial-minded youth with local business owners. The centerpiece of the program was site visits....