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Amazon, Walrmart missing chance to disrupt healthcare with ASCs

Amazon, Walmart and other companies aim to make healthcare more efficient and cost-effective, but are missing the surgery center industry entirely.

Global surgical training institute opening first U.S. campus in North Carolina

Charlotte, N.C., is reportedly the top choice for IRCAD (a French acronym that translates to “Institute for Research into Cancer of the Digestive System”) to establish its first and only North American headquarters.

$4.4M Florida medical office building sold 

The Fort Myers (Fla.) Neurosurgical Building Partnership has sold a medical office building for $4.4 million, Business Observer reported March 14. 

ASCs’ average rental rate per square foot

The average rental rate of ASCs per square foot is $32, according to VMG Health’s “Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study” for 2022.

Gastrointestinal societies dismiss 2021 endoscopic processing revisions 

Several gastrointestinal societies issued a joint statement March 11 rejecting the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s 2021 revisions to endoscope processing standards in healthcare facilities. 

Gastrointestinal societies dismiss 2021 endoscopic processing revisions 

Several gastrointestinal societies issued a joint statement March 11 rejecting the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation’s 2021 revisions to endoscope processing standards in healthcare facilities. 

Penn Medicine planning North Wales outpatient center 

Philadelphia-based Penn Medicine is planning a new outpatient center in North Wales, Pa., CEO Kevin Mahoey told the Philadelphia Business Journal.  

Washington eye chain opens 8th location

Tukwila, Wash.-based King LASIK/K2 Vision opened a new location in Tacoma, Wash., Puget Sound Business Journal reported March 14.

VA hospital cardiology chief pleads guilty to abusive sexual contact

California cardiologist John Giacomini, MD, pleaded guilty to felony abusive sexual contact, the Justice Department said March 8.

American Cancer Society projects 52,280 CRC deaths in 2022: 7 notes

Colorectal cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in men and in women, is projected to cause 52,280 deaths this year, according to the American Cancer Society.