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Committee Approves Illinois Hospital's Expansion Plans

The Grayslake (Ill.) Village Board approved a plan from Lake Forest Hospital to build an outpatient surgery center and a cancer treatment center on its Grayslake campus, according to a report in the Grayslake Review.

Kentucky Hospital Opens Outpatient Facility

Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Ky., has opened a new outpatient facility that will offer a variety of services to patients in the Louisville area, according to a report from The Courier-Journal.

Carolinas HealthCare Adds Three More Hospitals

Carolinas HealthCare System, the third-largest in the country, is expanding its network to 29 hospitals after a new affiliation agreement with AnMed Health in Anderson, S.C., according to a release from Carolinas HealthCare.

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally?

Ed Hetrick, president/CEO of Facility Development and Management: We currently contract with local groups that our surgeons are familiar with and know their quality and their ability to service the ambulatory market.

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Marge Schillaci of Surgery Center of Joliet)

Marge Schillaci, RN, MS, administrative director of Surgery Center of Joliet (Ill.): At the Surgery Center of Joliet, we contract with the same anesthesia group that provides service to our hospital partner which is adjacent to our center.

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Dianne Wallace of Menomonee Falls Ambulatory Surgery Center)

Dianne Wallace, RN, BSM, MBA, executive director of Menomonee Falls (Wis.) Ambulatory Surgery Center: Our free-standing multispecialty center performs around 13,000 procedures annually. We have a contracted anesthesia group that we have worked with exclusively for 14.5 years. They also…

Do you outsource anesthesia to a company, to a local group or do you handle it 100-percent internally? (Ed Hetrick of Facility Development and Management)

Ed Hetrick, president/CEO of Facility Development and Management: We currently contract with local groups that our surgeons are familiar with and know their quality and their ability to service the ambulatory market.

Complimentary Symposiums: Paying for the Next Evolution of Post-Acute and Senior Care and Confronting Quality and Cost Challenges

With reform looming large on the horizon, it is more important than ever for healthcare industry players to explore the practical implications from a business financial and legal perspective. McGuireWoods, one of the largest healthcare law firms in the country,…

Thomas Wherry, MD, of Total Anesthesia and Health Inventures, Discusses Anesthesia in Surgery Centers

The continued growth of surgery centers, changes in new technology and other factors present some interesting trends for anesthesiologists and anesthesia practices in surgery centers, with some of these aspects providing new challenges and, occasionally, new opportunities for anesthesiologists.

Anesthesiologist Dr. Sterling Wood Discusses Anesthesia Challenges and Opportunities for ASCs

New Jersey-based, board-certified anesthesiologist Sterling "Chip" Wood, MD, partner at Atlantic Ambulatory Anesthesia Associates and executive vice president and chief medical officer of Trinity Surgical Worldwide, discusses challenges and opportunities for anesthesia services in ASCs.