Carla Daley Shehata, director of clinical operations for Regent Surgical Health, discusses seven of the most common patient complaints in an ASC, as well as how to prevent them.
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More physician groups and ambulatory surgery centers across the country are adding outpatient spine surgery to increase patient volume and drive profits. However, there are several aspects of adding spine the group or ASC should consider before recruiting a new…
Brent Lambert, MD, founding principal of ASCOA, says the company evaluates about two "broken" ambulatory surgery centers every week to consider for a potential partnership and a subsequent turnaround. Here are six elements Dr. Lambert and Luke Lambert, CEO of…
Dallas, Texas-based Baylor Health Care System will send selected specialists to Glen Rose (Texas) Medical Center on a rotating basis to help reduce the center's specialist shortages, according to a news release.
Rhode Island's Health Department has approved a Lifespan request to consolidate two of its Providence hospitals' open heart surgery services — those of Miriam Hospital and those of Rhode Island Hospital, according to a news release.
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Top-rated hospitals are more likely to prevent medical errors such as hospital-acquired bloodstream infections and post-surgical sepsis than lower-rated hospitals, according to a study conducted by HealthGrades researchers, with coverage of the study provided by HealthDay. The researchers analyzed…
Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., will receive $1 million as part of drug manufacturer Solvay’s $16.5 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit related to its hormone replacement drug, according to a Nashville Business Journal report. The total settlement…
Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, N.Y., is asking a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a neurosurgeon who alleges that the hospital retaliated against him for speaking out against its alleged dangerous medical practices and fraud, according to…
Nurses at Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) have voted to unionize, joining the National Nurses Organizing Committee-Florida, according to a Herald-Tribune report.
A new study finds homeless patients cost about $13,500 per hospital stay, or $2,599 more than the average patient, according to a release by St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.