Slocum Orthopedics is moving forward to construct a standalone ASC in Eugene, Ore., according to a May 29 report from Eugene Weekly. The 42,000-square-foot facility will include up to 10 operating rooms and 30 bed areas for patients pre- and post-surgery. The organization is planning to apply for construction permits in July. Slocum Orthopedics has […]
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Stanford Health Care is building a medical office building on the Stanford Medicine campus in Redwood City, Calif.
Specialties that will be at the facility include cardiology, urology and rheumatology, according to a May 28 news release from Stanfo…
Many medical, dental, and veterinary practices have multiple facilities and parts of the business operating on several different software systems. For example, there are many different electronic health records (EHR) and practice management systems (PMS) across numerous facilities. Similarly, many healthcare provider organizations use different systems for different specialties. This fragmentation often occurs with inorganic […]
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The greater the familiarity between a surgeon and an anesthesiologist was linked to improved outcomes for patients in certain surgeries, MedPage Today reported May 28. The retrospective study was conducted by physicians of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto, Canada, but the results may be informative for surgical teams in the U.S. The study was […]
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People living in Maryland currently have the fewest yearly out of pocket healthcare costs, while people living in Mississippi face the highest, according to a new report from Wallethub, published May 29. The financial services platform reviewed where people spend the most of their yearly earnings on healthcare, analyzing the prices of five key healthcare […]
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In April, Hickory, N.C.-based ASC Viewmont Surgery Center picked Medline as its primary vendor. Northfield, Ill.-based Medline is one of the largest medical-surgical products suppliers in the nation, with over 29 million square feet of warehouse space globally, distributing around 335,000 medical products with 43,000 employees around the world. It also has 26 manufacturing sites […]
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Anesthesia’s success in hospitals can create dangerous assumptions in the ASC, and Jeff Tieder, CRNA, clinical assistant professor of the nurse anesthesia concentration at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, joined Becker’s to discuss why boundaries matter. As procedures increasingly shift from hospitals to ASCs, Mr. Tieder shares how communication breakdowns between ASC leaders and […]
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In November, Raynaldo Ortiz, MD, a Dallas-based anesthesiologist, was sentenced to 190 years in prison after being convicted of injecting nerve-blocking agents and other drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas. Now, the family of a patient who allegedly experienced a near-fatal cardiac event following a routine procedure at the […]
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Here are five of the many physicians on the cutting edge of gastroenterology. If you’d like to nominate a physician, please email pnewitt@beckershealthcare.com. Bryan Curtin, MD Dr. Curtin is the director of The Center for Neurogastroenterology and GI Motility at The Melissa L. Posner Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy Medical Center […]
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From declining reimbursements to rising costs, many ASCs are facing persistent economic pressures, requiring many centers to rework efficiency strategies. Andrew Weiss, administrator of Summit Surgical Center in Voorhees, N.J., joined Becker’s to discuss how compressing “OR schedules to avoid running half-empty rooms” is key to building operational resilience. At the heart of Summit Surgical’s […]
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