Periop Pulse Wellstar Health System has completed its acquisition of Mountain Lakes Medical Center, a 25-bed critical access hospital and Level IV Trauma Center in Clayton, Ga., that serves Rabun County and surrounding northeast Georgia communities. Renamed Wellstar Mountain Lakes Medical Center, it’s the 12th hospital in Wellstar’s integrated health system. “Patients…
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) has published results of its AAOS Member Insights Panel, a national research panel of 524 orthopedic surgeons, on numerous issues that relate to their practice. AAOS states that the panel “captures surgeons’ views and experiences with innovation, technology, and the products and services…
Society of Interventional Radiology (SIR) President Saher S. Sabri, MD, FSIR, has authored a column that clarifies what the specialty’s practitioners and procedures can bring to the table for hospitals, ASCs and, ultimately, patients. “Interventional radiology [IR] has long understood its value: solving complex clinical problems with less invasive treatment…
After signing a non-binding letter of intent in April, Fulton County Medical Center (FCMC) of McConnellsburg, Pa., has signed a definitive affiliation agreement that will lead to it joining the West Virginia University Health System, which operates as WVU Medicine. Under the definitive agreement, WVU Medicine is committing up to $17 million over the next seven…
St. Luke’s University Health Network previewed its new $252 million St. Luke’s Heart Hospital, which will open at the 500-acre St. Luke’s Anderson Campus in Easton, Pa., this October. The five-story, 140-bed, approximately 355,000-square-foot facility is the largest construction project in St. Luke’s more-than-150-year history, both in terms of dollar…
Hospitals and ASCs are always planning for disaster response, but there is virtually no way this OR team could have fully prepared for this one. What’s remarkable, however, is how the team instinctively reacted in the moment as a powerful earthquake struck Kumamoto General Hospital in Japan while a surgery…
Southwoods Health announced it has completed a multimillion-dollar, 40,000-square-foot expansion and renovation project at The Surgical Hospital at Southwoods in Boardman, Ohio. The system stressed that much of the work on the 30-year-old facility was designed to “further enhance the patient experience.” It stated that the upgrades “prioritize patient privacy…
Over a dozen surgical organizations today urged CMS to ensure that its episode-based payment models support the use of non-opioid pain management therapies. The request was made in a letter to CMS Deputy Administrator Abe Sutton that was led by Voices for Non-Opioid Choices, “a nonpartisan coalition that works to…
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026-2027 edition of Best Hospitals, an annual study that “helps patients and their families make informed, data-driven healthcare decisions in consultation with their medical providers and care teams.” This year’s edition highlights 505 Best Regional Hospitals across 49 states and Washington, D.C., “that…
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…
