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Do you really know all of the places and ways that AI is being used in your ASC? If not, it’s time to perform an inventory and take control of the situation before it gets away from you. And “getting away from you” could mean everything from survey failures to…
Are you an ASC leader who’d like to present to your peers about something you and your team have accomplished, or deliver your thought leadership on a topic that is relevant to ambulatory surgery, at Periop Leader Week 2027 (Oct. 4 to 7, 2027, in Indianapolis)? Well, our lines are…
“Enhancing Perioperative Emergency Readiness Through Simulation, ICS, and After-Action Review”—a poster by Rebecca Rayburn, RN, MS, CAPA, ABLS, perianesthesia senior nurse manager pre/post, and Meghan Rider, MS, RN, instructor of clinical nursing, both with University of Rochester Medicine’s Sawgrass Surgery Center—won second prize in the Periop Leader Week 2026 Poster…
During her session at Periop Leader Week 2026, “How to Open a Cardiac ASC,” Deb Yoder, RN, MHA, BSN, CNOR, CASC, CEO of Aligned Surgery & Healthcare Consulting, laid everything out for ASC leaders in candid, practical terms. Her overriding message: A cardiovascular (CV) ASC is not your average or…
Periop Leader Network recently spoke with Bill Prentice, CEO of the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA), to discuss a wide variety of topics of interest to ASC leaders, as well as ASCA’s current efforts to move the industry forward. Periop Leader Network: Looking at the ASC landscape right now, what’s…
Welcome to the first edition of Periop Leader Network’s ASC Leader Profile! Today we interview Cindy Hess, MSN, FNP-C, CNAMB, director of nursing and advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) at Northeast Missouri Ambulatory Surgery Center. Would you like to be the subject of your own ASC Leader Profile? Reach out…
According to The Folsom Times, Kaiser Permanente has officially broken ground on a large-scale expansion of its Folsom, Calif., medical campus to add a new 187,000-square-foot “comprehensive care center that will bring additional primary care, specialty medical services, urgent care and outpatient treatment options to the growing community” without patients…
According to the Charlotte Business Journal (CBJ), OrthoCarolina has officially broken ground on its first standalone orthopedics ASC, to be located in the Steele Creek neighborhood of Charlotte, N.C. It’s expected to open by the end of 2027. Becker’s reports the center will have four ORs and two rooms for…
Connecticut-based Constitution Surgery Alliance (CSA), which develops, owns and operates ASCs, has expanded into Michigan through new partnerships with the Detroit metropolitan area’s UnaSource Surgery Center and MiOrtho Surgery Center. “Through these partnerships, UnaSource and MiOrtho will gain access to CSA’s operational expertise, data and analytics platform, and strategic resources…
ASC management company AMSURG has acquired Euclid Endoscopy Center. The gastrointestinal-focused, five-physicians practice operates three total procedure rooms among two ASCs, which are located in San Diego and El Cajon, Calif. “This organization has established a vital role in providing accessible GI care to patients throughout San Diego County and…
