The relentless cyberattacks on healthcare organizations — including surgery centers and hospitals — continues unabated....

For the last six years, I’ve had the privilege of working at Immersive Design Systems (IDS) at Boston Children’s Hospital....

As the patents for the da Vinci surgical robot systems began to expire after 25 years, numerous companies have entered the market with systems priced to make robotic...

For the past 15 years Outpatient Surgery Magazine has celebrated the top-performing facilities and outstanding OR teams that set the standard for high-quality...

In the world of outpatient surgery, case costing is an absolute must. Think of it as your ASC’s essential financial health check-up....

Welcome to A Day in the Life of an Administrator, our online column, where we sat down with Jennifer Parrott, RN, clinical nurse educator, quality improvement manager...

In November of 2019, Outpatient Surgery Magazine published a Special Edition on Diversity in Surgery. It was our way of letting readers know that we believe...

Bet you thought you had seen the last of me, but I’m like Michael Jordan, Jay-Z or Verna the Vixen, the elderly greeter lady from my local Walmart....

The winter months are gone and hopefully you are taking advantage of the lazy days of summer....

As hospitals and ASCs across the country struggle to staff their anesthesia departments, some forward-looking groups are recentering their anesthesia models and culture...

When the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced a wide-reaching ban on noncompete employment agreements in April, companies everywhere went into a tizzy....

My seven-year-old son is keeping his promise and sitting quietly next to me on his tablet while I conduct an after-hours interview video with Michelle Caird, an orthopedic...

Departments looking to foster professional development will often decide to start a journal club. But these departments tend to struggle with where to begin....

It cannot be overstated that the management of allergy information is an essential part of both the patient experience and patient safety at your ASC....

If you’re looking for a good way to offer hard-working staff some stress relief and help the local community, you can’t go wrong with puppies....

We’ve featured quite a few escape rooms over the years, focusing mostly on the camaraderie and fun they provide as staff education and training exercises....

Some patients have a deep-seated fear of needles that can taint even the smoothest surgical experience....

Providers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Endoscopy Department know that the care of their patients begins well before they arrive for their appointments...

While the jury may still be deliberating on how effective some whole-room disinfection and/or air purification systems are in reducing healthcare-associated infections...

Performance Health Surgery Center, created by the ASC design veteran firm Hardaway | Sziabowski Architects, is a 14,700-square-foot, four-OR multispecialty surgery center...