Research At some point in our lives, most of us have dropped food on the ground, quickly picked it up, and ate it – the classic “five-second rule.” Should surgical teams apply the same “rule” when an instrument hits the floor in the OR? Most healthcare providers likely would think not,…
Health policy organization KFF on Friday published an updated study that finds just one or two health systems controlled the entire market for inpatient hospital care in nearly half of U.S. metropolitan areas in 2024. “Consolidation may allow providers to operate more efficiently and help struggling providers keep their doors open…
A recent study by researchers at Bon Secours Tuckahoe Orthopedics of Richmond, Va., examined whether the personal cloth scrub caps that some surgeons like to wear in the OR could put patients at greater risk of surgical site infections. The study, published in the journal Patient Safety in Surgery, examined the…
The fact that many U.S. hospitals and health systems are in financially fragile positions is widely acknowledged. New reports from Strata Decision Technology, which offers cloud-based business decision support, offer quantitative confirmation of this trend, finding that rising expenses and decreasing revenue, including upcoming reimbursement changes and policy changes, are…
U.S. News & World Report has released its 2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings. Using data provided by health insights provider Arcadia, U.S. News evaluated 4,421 ASCs nationwide. That’s well short of the total number of ASCs in the U.S., due to the fact that the ratings focus exclusively on…
A study by researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center (UTSW) found that heat generated by alternating magnetic fields (AMF) helps common antibiotics work better against prosthetic joint infections. The study, published in Scientific Reports and promoted by UTSW last week, demonstrated the efficacy of AMF in eradicating bacteria-protecting biofilm from the surface…
Intelligence platform AcuityMD announced data revealing that the majority – nearly 60% – of all endoscopic colorectal procedures in the U.S. are now performed in ASCs. It states that ASCs handled nearly nine million endoscopic colorectal procedures in 2024, representing a 50% volume increase since 2018. Rates vary by region,…
A systematic review and meta-analysis led by Mayo Clinic researchers of sex-based differences in perioperative hypersensitivity (POH) has been published by the peer-reviewed medical journal Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology. POH, the researchers state, is a rare, immediate hypersensitivity reaction that, in its more severe form as perioperative anaphylaxis, carries…
A study published this week on the Journal of the American College of Surgeons website examines how a tailored geriatric surgical pathway (GSP) halved the risk of patient complications such as respiratory failure, sepsis and shock, and led to shorter hospital stays. The researchers, who describe GSPs as an effective…
A new study by researchers at the University of Louisville, published this week in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, examined the perioperative outcomes of rural-dwelling patients undergoing lung and colon cancer surgeries in a rural facility ... and found no significant differences, save for a lot less…
