A Chester Township, Ohio, woman has been indicted on felony charges by the Geauga County Prosecutor’s Office for allegedly stealing fentanyl and other drugs from the unidentified ASC where she worked. “Chandra L. Wozniak, 53, is charged with one count of possession of a fentanyl-related compound, a fourth-degree felony; one…
Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System has signed a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) to enter into a strategic partnership to join Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health. Erlanger stated the proposed partnership with its fellow nonprofit health system would position it for “long-term sustainability, growth, innovation and success.” The proposed partnership would…
New anesthesiologists are likely to be much more aware of the larger picture of perioperative care moving forward. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) and American Board of Anesthesiology (ABA) announced that “perioperative medicine” will be added as a new clinical topic within the subspecialty section to the Content Outline…
The University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Clinton in St. Johns has received the go-ahead from its Board of Regents to build a new 22,000-square-foot ambulatory clinic center, add 19,000 square feet of new hospital space and perform a major hospital renovation. The health system called the $62 million project a “response…
The CDC has published prevalence survey results in the New England Journal of Medicine that find that healthcare-associated infection (HAI) prevalence in U.S. hospitals was lower in 2023 than in 2015. Similar surveys of U.S. hospitals showed that one of 25 patients had an HAI in 2011, which lowered to one…
Anxious surgical patients often request to listen their favorite music in the perioperative suite, especially before anesthesia induction and during transport. According to a new study written by Michael Egbujionuma, RN, APRN, of Kaiser Permanente, the fulfillment of these requests can go beyond simple in-the-moment “patient comfort” to “represent an…
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has issued an alert about four vulnerabilities in Microsoft SharePoint, the widely-used cloud-based collaboration and document management platform included with Microsoft 365, that are being exploited by cyber threat actors to “establish remote code execution and perform other actions to deploy malware,” according…
The United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced that EyePoint, a manufacturer of therapeutics for ophthalmic applications, has agreed to pay $4,678,981 to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to induce ASCs to purchase its drug DEXYCU. The government alleges that EyePoint violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and the…
Building a new ASC or renovating an existing one? In a new article in Building Design+Construction, Brad Krump, AIA, principal and director of commercial architecture, interior design, planning, and research firm BWBR, outlines his vision of the ASCs of the future. “ASCs have a unique opportunity to reimagine the patient…
Mankato (Minn.) Free Press reports that the multispecialty Mankato Surgery Center plans to “expand by 70% to meet growing patient demand.” The news outlet reports that, pending city reviews and permitting, construction could begin this fall with new ORs “in use before the end of 2027.” Created as a joint…
