Ideas That Work:Emergency Preparedness;Fire Evacuation Drills (Not) for Dummies

A Closer Look at Image Enhancement Technology;Help your surgeons see the sharper clarity, contrast and detail they've been missing.

Safety: How Many Pain Pills Do Patients Really Need; match the number of opioids to the procedure to stop overprescribing.

Pain Control: Cruising Down the ERAS Pathway; Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital likes the way the Enhanced Recovery After Surgery program handles its patients' pain.

Infection Prevention: The Instrument Whisperer Has Spoken; Tips on dealing with instrument repair and maintenance.

Ideas That Work: Stay on Schedule; Dry Erase Board Keeps You Uber-Organized

Keep Your Nose Clean: What's your nasal decolonization strategy?

Ideas That Work: Shelf Storage; Never Misplace a Pathology Specimen

Ideas That Work: Turnover; Don't Clean Until the Patient Leaves the Room

Satisfaction Guaranteed; 6 patient-pleasing ideas you can implement today.

The Calm Before the Surgery; A look at all-natural alternatives therapies that relax patients.

Ideas That Work: Sight, Sound, + Speech; Let Seniors Wear Their Hearing Aids and Glasses to the OR

Ideas That Work: OR Construction; Welcome to Cardboard City

Thinking of Buying... Whole-Room Disinfection Systems; Your options for attacking bacteria that survive manual cleaning.

Legal Update: Dueling ASC Ownership Models; Can traditional ASC management companies compete with today's PPMs?

Have You Tried EMRs Lately?; Going paperless isn't as painful as you might think. No, really.

The Queen of Hernia Repairs; I specialize in treating patients with hernia-related complications.

Ideas That Work: Laundry Duty; Tips for Laundering Your Own Linens

Map Out Surgery With a 3D Organ Reconstruction; A patient created a life-sized model of his diseased colon for his surgeon to see.

Anesthesia Alert: Cancellations Aren't Always Anesthesia's Fault; When a case is postponed, there's often plenty of blame to go around.