It may seem that every ambulatory surgery center is joining up with a hospital or corporate partner, but in reality, many freestanding ASCs still stand by the old ways of doing business. Standalone facilities can prosper in the current environment…
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Marge Schillaci, administrator of the Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.), has spent the last two years working with surgeon-investors, hospital administration and legal representation to transition her center to hospital ownership with Provena St. Joseph Medical Center. Here she discusses…
A multi-interventional plan could curb surgeons' late arrivals, a major cause of first-procedure delays in the operating room, according to research published in the AORN Journal.
After nearly five years and $1 billion, Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore plans to dedicate its new clinical building on April 12, according to a Baltimore Sun report.
Urfan Dar, MD, manager and medical director of Theda Oaks Surgery Center in San Antonio, offers seven tips for pain centers.
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Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic will double the size of its Mayo Clinic Dan Abraham Healthy Living Center to expand its health and wellness services to patients, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.
Starting on July 1, Cleveland Clinic's Marymount Hospital in Garfield Heights, Ohio, will no longer deliver babies, according to a Plain Dealer news report.
By improving patient flow, a hospital can save money on staffing, decrease wait times and boost patient and provider satisfaction. Melinda Noonan, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, director of nursing operations at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, discusses how her hospital…
Intensive care unit physicians at Montefiore Medical Center in Bronx, N.Y., have employed several innovative measures, such as triage sessions, to help the hospital smooth its patient flow, according to a Wall Street Journal news report.
Here are 12 ASCs recently opened or under construction by hospitals or health systems.