Using an automated event-based resource to detect OR management inefficiencies can aid future decision-making and improve OR utilization, according to a study published in BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making.
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Dr. Timothy Dowd, managing partner and chairman of North American Partners in Anesthesia, is scheduled to present at the 2011 Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting taking place in May in Chicago.
Rob Goldstein, MD, chief medical officer for Somnia, discusses the role of anesthesia in an ACO and the benefit of involving anesthesia providers in transparency initiatives.
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…
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…
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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.
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.