Researchers from Samuel Merritt University College of Nursing have published a study in Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing about a quality improvement project that examined the degree to which the implementation of a fall risk protocol in an ASC would impact staff nurses’ compliance. The protocol, which was introduced to a…
After 20 years in operation, Dallas-Fort Worth area GI ASC Digestive Health Center of North Richland Hills has moved about 18 miles to become Digestive Health Center of Alliance. According to a report from local news outlet Community Impact, the new 9,500-square-foot location in Fort Worth, Texas, hosts seven physicians…
Robotic platforms for surgery are major capital investments for any facility or health system. But once the hype and the initial excitement dies down and the robots are online, are you really getting optimum value out of the investment? We’ve heard anecdotally numerous times over the last few years how…
Matthew Dellaquila, MD, president of the Michigan Society of Anesthesiologists and chief and medical director of anesthesiology services at Henry Ford Jackson Hospital, has published an article on news site Michigan Advance called “Physician anesthesiologists need to know if you’re taking Ozempic or another GLP-1 drug.” Perioperative providers are grappling…
Cleveland Clinic has broken ground on a $322 million multi-phase expansion of Ohio’s Cleveland Clinic Avon Hospital and its outpatient services-focused Richard E. Jacobs Health Center that it states will significantly increase the size of its Richard E. Jacobs Campus and “enhance access to advanced, patient-centered care for Lorain County’s…
The Washington State Department of Health (DOH) has approved Phase 1 of Pullman Regional Hospital’s $50 million Patient Care Expansion Project. “The sign-off marks a major milestone in the multi-year project and clears the way for the hospital to begin using the newly renovated and expanded space,” states Pullman Regional…
Knox Community Hospital in Mount Vernon, Ohio, announced that it has signed a non-binding letter of intent to join Western Ohio nonprofit health system Kettering Health to “strengthen local access to care.” “Throughout this evaluation, our focus has been on finding the right long-term path for Knox Community Hospital and…
A jury has found that Northwest Arkansas Hospitals must pay $105,000 in damages to a former surgical tech employee who complained of sexual discrimination. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas in…
A new study published in Journal of VitreoRetinal Diseases evaluates “the time-adjusted economics of retinal and cataract surgery” in an effort to clarify how the “dynamics” of ASCs “influence access to urgent care.” The study, “A Comparative Time-Based Profit Analysis of Retinal and Cataract Surgery in Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” applied…
Michigan has become the 22nd U.S. state to pass a law mandating the use of a surgical smoke evacuation system during every plume-producing procedure. On July 23, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed HB 4779 into law, making Michigan the 22nd state to enact legislation to protect staff and patients from surgical…
