Stay in Constant Communication; Automated text messaging keeps patients engaged and satisfied with their care.

Behind Closed Doors: Practical Jokers; Nothing's more fun than pulling a good prank on your co-workers.

Create the Perfect Cataract Surgery Experience; Pampered patients head home smiling and satisfied with the care they received.

Editor's Page; We All Make Mistakes, But Few Talk About Them.

Ideas That Work: Quick and Easy Kid-Friendly Touches

Advances in Image-Guided Sinus Surgery; Enhanced real-time imaging and improved instrumentation tracking let surgeons operate smarter and safer.

Building Trust Between Surgical Teams and Robots; Q&A with Joshua Tyler, MD, FACS, FASCRS

Taking Their Last Breath; What if frontline staff demanded smoke-free ORs?

Anesthesia Alert: Cataract Surgeons Giving Anesthesia? Insurer says anesthetists aren't needed for most cataract cases.

6 Hot Trends in Medication Safety; Add these technologies to protect your patients and staff from drug-related harm.

Ideas That Work: 5 Ways to Survive the Fentanyl Shortage

5 Difference-Making Tools for Total Joints; Investing in these innovations could push your program to the next level.

Surgery Never Looked So Good; The latest imaging upgrades will wow surgeons and allow for safer, more efficient care.

In Search of the Perfect Hernia Mesh; There is no such thing - I know because I went looking for one.

Disgruntled Central Sterile Employee Shoots and Kills Longtime Nursing Supervisor at Alabama Hospital. Nancy Swift, RN, a 63-year-old nursing manager, was gunned down Wednesday night in her office just outside the the OR at University of Alabama at Birmin

Study Finds Psychosis Drug Amisulpride Reduces Nausea and Vomiting. Small doses of amisulpride, a drug used to manage psychosis, may prevent PONV when given with standard anti-nausea treatment, say researchers.

Ideas That Work: HIPAA; Keep the Schedule Confidential

Anesthetists share the ingredients to their multimodal approach to 3 painful surgeries.

Things only a surgical nurse would understand and appreciate.

Is your staff prepared to swing into action to save a patient's life?