Paula Dhanda, MD, and her husband John Clarke, CRNA, owners of Specialty Care and Surgery Center in Kelseyville, Calif., say ASCs are in jeopardy due to declining reimbursements, according to a Record-Bee report.
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Under pressure to reduce costs and improve quality, many hospitals and health systems are adopting approaches to improve processes. Some strategies, such as Lean and Six Sigma, aim to streamline processes by eliminating waste in the system. Improving the efficiency…
Raleigh (N.C.) Orthopaedic Clinic and Rex Healthcare, a member of Raleigh-based UNC Health Care, have announced they will break ground on a new joint-venture orthopedic surgery center on April 12, according to a news release.
Thompson Health, based in Canandaigua, N.Y., has announced its F.F. Thompson Hospital has opened a new surgery center on the main Thompson Health campus in Canandaigua, according to a news release.
A hospital's anesthesia department plays a key role in many areas of the facility's operations including operating room efficiency (on-time starts, recovery time, etc.), patient safety and clinical outcomes and patient, surgeon and surgical staff satisfaction. Despite this level of…
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Jacksonville, Fla.-based Baptist Health is planning to build a new medical campus in Fleming Island, Fla., according to a First Coast News report.
MedExpress and health insurer Highmark have partnered to build a new urgent care center at the site of a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center hospital in Braddock, Pa., according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.
St. Louis-based Mercy announced the opening of the new Mercy Hospital Joplin (Mo.) nearly a year after a tornado destroyed the original St. John's Regional Medical Center.
Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., announced the opening of the first fully-integrated neurosurgical center of its kind in the United States.
Patients' actual emergency department waiting times may differ significantly from their predicted waiting times, according to a study in Emergency Medicine Journal.