January/February 2025

Have you or your team done something amazing at your facility or for your patients that you’d like to crow about? Would you like to achieve industry recognition for your...

Our annual salary survey produces a lot of data... and this year we couldn’t fit it all in our print publication....

A sleeve gastrectomy, also known as a gastric sleeve, is the most common bariatric surgery in the U.S. It’s also a procedure that an increasing number of providers...

As the nation enters a year of significant change, outpatient surgery leaders continue to expertly move their facilities forward into an uncertain future....

Eco-conscious facilities should always strive to practice sustainable health care.

The effort to pass mandatory surgical smoke evacuation legislation in statehouses across the U.S. continues in 2025 with the ultimate goal of removing toxic plume...

While the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services did add 21 non-earth-shattering medical and dental procedures to its ASC Covered Procedures List...

The orthopedic industry is undergoing a seismic shift driven by innovative technologies that promise to revolutionize patient outcomes and surgical precision....

The robotic platforms these two colorectal surgeons use almost exclusively allow them to work with greater precision, achieve superior outcomes and better reproduce...

Like so many aspects of outpatient care, clear and consistent communication is at the heart of the surgical time out....

Ever since the recommended age for colonoscopy screening dropped to 45, a growing number of high-volume GI facilities dealing with increased volume are considering...

When Lisa York, MSN, RN, CASC, CAIP, joined the Hunterdon Center for Surgery in Flemington, N.J., 17 years ago, the two-OR facility was preparing to expand to four ORs...

Studies show that up to 30% of the population may be colonized with Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) in their nares and up to 5% of U.S. hospital patients are also...

Joseph Rosenbaum, MD, clinical director of hand surgery at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., is a longtime and enthusiastic practitioner of the Wide-Awake Local...

Surgery centers often rely on generic and sometimes confusing systems for labeling supplies....

When you give staff the power and the freedom to not only bring fresh ideas to the table, but also to weave those ideas into the day-to-day workflow, great things can...

A study recently published in the American Journal of Infection Control, “Right-sizing Expectations for Hand Hygiene Observation Collection”, argues that hand hygiene...

Virtually every surgery center’s patient satisfaction scores take a dip or miss the target from time to time. What matters is how centers respond....

Let’s face it, double-gloving isn’t cheap — especially if you’re using a two-glove system with built-in color indicators....

Albert Einstein said, “The measure of intelligence is the ability to change....”

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced in mid-November that its policy update regarding how it evaluates time billed by anesthesiologists would result in changes...

It’s one of the most undiscussed and unstudied phenomena in surgery, dating back to the very first operations on patients: the presence of insects in the OR and the...

Looking for ways to increase revenue in the new year? Consider expanding or adding a new service line....

As a stress management speaker, I espouse concepts such as...