Over the past few years, a number of employees who work in our health system's outpatient surgery center have become new moms. When they returned...

With all the pressure central sterile staff are under to keep cases flowing through high-volume facilities, the last thing you want to do is give them an excuse to avoid...

Amid our nation's opioid crisis, providers are shifting their focus to formulations and methods that make post-op pain more bearable instead of eliminating it completely....

Don't Sweat Accreditation Surveys; Planning and practice will have you prepared instead of panicked when surveyors come calling.

Facilities Canceling Elective Surgeries; Hospitals and surgery centers are preparing to care for increasing numbers of coronavirus cases.

ASCRS Cancels Annual Meeting; It's the latest of many conferences called off during the coronavirus outbreak.

Coronavirus Crisis Continues to Escalate;Conference cancelations mark the beginning of an uncertain future

Planning to renovate your old ORs or build brand new ones? There's a lot you can do from architectural and design perspectives to enhance your infection prevention...

Taylor Cera, MBA, the chief operating officer at Youngstown (Ohio) Orthopaedic Associates, remembers enjoying eggs and toast on a lazy Saturday morning when his...

You helped design Memorial Sloan Kettering’s Josie Robertson Surgery Center in New York City, a state-of-the-art facility that reimagined how spaces appear and function....

We’ve helped plan and build numerous GI centers and know from experience the amount of time and resources top-performing facilities have invested in smart...

Any architect can place ORs steps away from pre-op bays and within shouting distance of central sterile. What they might not realize is those elements of efficient surgical...

Surgeons who walk into a new OR expect to see 4K ultra-high-definition images splashed across large flat screen video monitors hung throughout the room....

The main medical campus of the Medical University of South Carolina sits on the Charleston peninsula between Routes 17 and 30, in the midst of seemingly constant...

At Mount Sinai West in Manhattan, we just wrapped up a massive $24 million expansion of our sterile processing department that transformed the space from a 2,000-...

When our ENT practice decided to build a standalone surgery center in late 2017, we knew it would be a significant project. Although our surgeons had access to high-quality...

When it was time to expand our spine practice to meet an increase in case volume, we wanted to build a surgical facility where surgeons could perform innovative outpatient...

Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center partnered with surgeons from the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute to build The Lighthouse Surgery Center,...

You've analyzed the demographics of your area and figured out the healthcare needs of the community. You've located a tract of land to build on or a building to renovate....

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