Periop Pulse 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…
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…
