The hospital-owned ambulatory surgery center market continues to grow, according to Grand View Horizon Research, with a projection of a compound annual growth rate...

Outpatient Surgery Magazine’s annual analysis of its readers’ compensation packages dove beneath the data to take leaders’ temperatures on a variety of issues including job...

The summer of 2025 indicated no slowing down of ambulatory departments being upgraded and included in hospitals with new additions and renovations. Activities in the...

The future of HOPDs’ share of total joints arthroplasty appears safe, according to a study published last year that shows patients with health issues are getting their...

In a recent article in Outpatient Surgery Magazine, the prediction for winds of change provides insights for the future. Hospitals are investing in ASCs as the market continues...

Healthcare leaders are taking a closer look at the OBBBA – the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” introduced by the Trump administration in July – and its impact on hospitals across...

The global medical technology company that delivers accessible solutions for both healthcare providers and patients, CONMED serves ambulatory surgery centers, Endo...

The movement to remove toxic surgical smoke from the nation’s ORs has reached another milestone, as 20 states have now passed laws that mandate usage of smoke...

Sheldon S. Sones, RPh, FASCP, is president and founder of Sheldon Sones and Associates. Based in Connecticut, the company has provided more than 200 surgical...

Patient warming stories tend to focus heavily on the “comfort” factor. That makes sense when you hear about all the positive comments and high satisfaction scores that tend to...

Strong communication is the essential component in a perioperative culture of safety. It means clear, consistent and respectful interactions among all team members to...

Nearly half of the 1,575 sentinel events reported to The Joint Commission (TJC) last year were falls. Tied for second were wrong surgeries: There were 127 incidents, or 8% of all...

Sentinel events are often referred to as “never events” because of the potentially serious harm they pose to patients that should never happen....

Are you using the right 503B outsourcing facility for your needs? It’s a multilayered question that ASCs and HOPDs should return to regularly....

More than two decades after the landmark Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act was passed in 2000, approximately 385,000 sharps-related injuries still occur in healthcare...

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....

Thinking of buying a new product for your facility? Of course, you’ll want to trial the product first, but also take a preemptive look at its Instructions for Use (IFU), advises...

HCA Healthcare Central/West Texas (CWT) Division has implemented a phased program that teaches nurses scrubbing skills in the perioperative environment...