The Surgery Center of Southern Oregon (SCSO) in Medford will close on June 30 after nearly three decades of operation. KOBI-TV, which broke the story last week, reported that the closing will cause the loss of 84 jobs. Local health system Asante partly owned SCSO and had worked since October…
Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia has bolstered its “growing role in the Mid-Atlantic outpatient surgery market” with a trio of ASC partnerships across Virginia. The ASCs are Careplex Orthopaedic ASC in Hampton Roads, MedRVA Healthcare’s Stony Point and West Creek surgery centers in the Richmond area, and an unidentified “otolaryngology center in…
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons examines the efficacy of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program’s older-adult enhanced recovery protocol. The GSV program is designed specifically for patients 65 and older. Its seven components are: Delirium prevention Routine…
Vascular surgeon Mounir ‘Joseph’ Haurani, MD, MPH of East Carolina University, recently spoke with Venous News, “the international newspaper for venous specialists,” about the current state of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) care, particularly the deficits in care for patients post-hospital discharge. Among his insights: More than 900,000 Americans are affected…
UNC Health on Monday announced it is planning to build a new community hospital on a 62-acre site in the city of Wilmington, New Hanover County, pending regulatory approvals. “This proposed hospital will strengthen UNC Health’s statewide reach – connecting North Carolina communities from the mountains to the coast,” stated the…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) has published an analysis of Medicare claims from KNG Health Consulting that projects that ASCs will save Medicare $84.8 billion from 2025 to 2034. Previously, stated ASCA, KNG used Medicare claims to determine that ASCs saved Medicare $43.2 billion between 2015 and 2024, and…
People magazine last week reported on a husband’s reaction to his wife’s death at a surgery center. The outlet writes that a 48-year-old woman underwent a 10-hour surgery at a plastic surgery center. She stopped breathing the next day, was revived with CPR, but was pronounced brain-dead. The patient had…
Northern Michigan CBS affiliates WWTV/WWUP-TV reports that Munson Healthcare plans to open a new ASC in Cadillac this summer. “The new center is part of Munson Healthcare’s commitment to lowering the cost of care and improving access in rural communities,” the TV stations report. “Currently, patients often drive 45 minutes…
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that “each additional 1,000 steps” a patient takes postoperatively is linked to 18% lower odds of complications, 16% lower odds of readmission, and 6% shorter hospital stays. Surgeon researchers analyzed data from the National Institutes of…
The U.S. Department of War’s Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS) published a story last week about the sterile processing department (SPD) at Naval Hospital Bremerton (NHB) that’s a mix of lighthearted and, to anyone who works in perioperative services, alarming. It’s about how NHB’s SPD staff members held a…
