The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) announced 17 recipients of the 2024 AAOS IDEA Grant Program®, which aims to reduce longstanding disparities...

The Association of periOperative Nurses (AORN) is the go-to association for the latest surgical guidelines for OR teams. The recently updated Medication Safety guideline...

The Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) survey may not be mandatory for HOPDs and ASCs in 2024...

As the outpatient surgery environment continues to evolve post-pandemic, the healthcare professionals who serve the many patients who are taking advantage...

Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s New Surgical Construction Bulletin (NSCB) reports daily on the construction and renovation activities in the outpatient market around the...

VMG Health’s 2023 Healthcare M&A Report offers valuable insights into the future of the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) market that underscore....

All eyes are on artificial intelligence (AI) as industries such as finance, retail and communications have started down the path to embracing its power....

Today, ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are playing an increasingly important role in the country’s healthcare system, with almost 70% of surgical procedures...

Your organization may institute changes that affect the entire team, so expect that every member will have different reactions to the change in status quo....

The practice of nasal decolonization — the application of a topical bactericidal agent in the nares to help prevent infection — should seem familiar to patients who...

It’s been a busy couple years for gastroenterology centers, providers and staff who perform colonoscopies....

Last year was another grind for leaders of outpatient surgery centers....

As a team leader, one of the most important things you need to do is pay close attention to any activity that signals conflict among team members....

Do members of your team check in with you often, even just to chat?

It’s hard to let go of handling things yourself — even the smaller items — instead of sharing the load....

As the year comes to an end, review your 2023 goals and prepare for your 2024 plans....

The holidays are here, and hopefully you have a bit of downtime to relax and recharge....

It was a natural move for Bayou Region Surgical Center to add total knees to its existing orthopedics line in 2022....

When there are problems in any organization, individual team members can react in various ways....

I loved playing sports growing up, and I believe that doing so provided me with valuable life skills such as work ethic, teamwork and leadership....