The Williamson Eye Center has been around for 75 years, and it includes our ASC, which was one of the first dedicated to ophthalmology in Louisiana....

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Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer diagnosed in both men and women in the United States....

Facilities looking to upgrade their capital equipment often find the prices are so high that it derails the budget....

When Ohio Gastroenterology Group, a Columbus-based physician-owned practice with five endoscopy centers, was drowning in tens of thousands of monthly phone calls...

Leadership isn’t just about the development, deployment and management of strategies, tactics and policies designed for optimal execution by your staff....

With the rapid advances in computing power, artificial intelligence (AI) and remote operation capabilities, today’s integrated ORs can do wonders for facilities....

There are plenty of misconceptions about what robotic surgical systems can do for orthopedic surgeons and the patients on whom they operate....

A new study especially worth reading this month, with June’s National Time Out Day, examines the root causes of wrong-site surgeries in orthopedic, neurosurgery...

If your reprocessing techs handle a high volume of complex instrumentation day in and day out, it’s imperative that they take every measure possible to...

April flooding brought May flowers to sunny California, where I’m on assignment....

An industry standard tells you exactly what’s at stake when adding new staff to your OR team: Hiring the wrong person will cost you three times that person’s annual salary....

Clear, concise and open communication between ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and physicians’ offices is of the utmost importance in ensuring...

Like many healthcare professionals, Cheryl O’Malley, MD, associate dean of graduate medical education at the University of Arizona College of Medicine...

Patients considering outpatient surgeries often have no idea of the true scope of the enterprises that offer them convenient, effective same-day procedures....

Nurse fatigue is a real and present problem in the healthcare environment. Recently, ECRI, a global, independent authority on healthcare technology...

When you are worried about a patient’s vital signs and need to check them frequently, Nurse Hailey, an ER nurse who runs the Instagram account @rnnewgrads, recommends something simple...

It’s easy to neglect your own needs as you juggle the many demands of a leadership role, but it’s healthy to focus on your development as a leader....

Cryoanalgesia has been gaining popularity in recent years in the surgical field thanks to its effectiveness in relieving pain while remaining minimally invasive....