In recent years the topic of managing sleep apnea patients in the surgical environment has risen from back-office whispers in ambulatory settings to a priority for most OR administrators and medical directors. Driven by complications associated with sleep apnea patients,…

Johnson & Johnson has recalled a pain-management device from Europe due to a potential self-activation defect that could lead to overdose. The Ionsys device's U.S. launch has been delayed.

Of the 5,000 ASCs in the United States, about 90 percent are physician-owned and -operated, according to ASC Association. Less than 3 percent of ASCs are owned and operated with a hospital as the general partner, and about 14 percent…

Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Charleston, Ill. has been ordered by a jury to pay a patient $2.3 million following a lawsuit in which a patient alleged that an unncessary procedure performed by a nurse caused the need for…

The Joint Commission has issued a Sentinel Event Alert concerning the use of blood thinners following several high profile errors related to their use.

A new report examines the trends driving a shift in hospital-physician relationships and profiles the arrangements that can be adopted to secure successful, long-term alignment with the physician workforce. The report is the result of a collaborative effort between Sg2,…

The Christ Hospital in Cincinnati has announced that it will acquire Ohio Heart & Vascular Center in a move that will bring together a prominent cardiovascular physician group with one the premier heart hospitals in the region, according to a…

Hospitals have endured an undeniable decline within their GI outpatient procedural volume in the past 10-plus years as physicians sought alternate settings to perform their cases. This migration of GI procedures from HOPDs to ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) and GI…

Surgeons are the least satisfied of all specialty physicians, "which is troubling because they are high revenue producers," according to a new Press Ganey Associates report.

Of the 14 surgical specialties listed in Press Ganey's Hospital Check-Up Report 2008: Physician Perspectives on American Hospitals, 12 reported satisfaction levels below the mean satisfaction score, and four of the five least-satisfied specialties were surgical. Oral surgery was the…