Surgery/Specialties The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has announced that the new clinical outcomes report from its National Surgical Quality Improvement Program (NSQIP) now provides hospitals risk-adjusted, benchmarked data for emergency general surgery for the first time, in the interest of advancing “data-driven quality improvement in one of the most complex…
A new study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons examines the efficacy of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Geriatric Surgery Verification (GSV) Program’s older-adult enhanced recovery protocol. The GSV program is designed specifically for patients 65 and older. Its seven components are: Delirium prevention Routine…
Vascular surgeon Mounir ‘Joseph’ Haurani, MD, MPH of East Carolina University, recently spoke with Venous News, “the international newspaper for venous specialists,” about the current state of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) care, particularly the deficits in care for patients post-hospital discharge. Among his insights: More than 900,000 Americans are affected…
Community members, project partners, local leaders, and media were on hand as Slocum Orthopedics hosted a public Girder Signing event over the weekend at the construction site of what will become its new orthopedics ASC in Eugene, Ore. “The event marks an important construction milestone for the new physician-owned orthopedic surgery…
ASCO Daily News, a publication of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), has published an article about how “evolving perioperative management” of bladder and kidney cancers is advancing genitourinary (GU) treatment. “The standard of care in bladder cancer treatment is evolving rapidly, with perioperative antibody-drug conjugates such as enfortumab…
The Rehabilitation and Community Providers Association (RCPA), a 400-member Pennsylvania health and human services trade association, endorsed an aspect of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) fiscal year 2027 hospital inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) proposed rule. Its statement regards CMS’ proposal to expand its Comprehensive Care for Joint…
Want to take a look inside a soon-to-open cardiovascular ASC? Lifestyle media outlet Bham Now has toured and shared photos of Birmingham Heart & Vascular Surgery Center, which is opening soon in an existing building on the UAB St. Vincent’s East campus in Birmingham, Ala. The article, titled “How Birmingham…
Cardiovascular Physicians of Delaware and its partner organization, US Health Partners, have teamed with ChristianaCare on a joint venture to establish a new cardiovascular ASC in Newark, Del. The ChristianaCare Cardiovascular Surgery Center at Newark will be launched through another joint venture that was formed in 2024 between ChristianaCare and…
The American College of Gastroenterology (ACG) has published a clinical guideline that presents a comprehensive approach to perioperative risk assessment and management in patients with cirrhosis – a population that it says presents “unique surgical risks.” The guideline emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to preoperative evaluation, perioperative care, and postoperative follow-up.…
Nicklaus Children’s Hospital’s Heart Institute announced it has successfully performed Florida’s first partial heart transplant. An 11-year-old patient received an implanted “living valve” of a donor heart during a procedure the hospital said is “designed to prevent the need for future open-heart surgeries because the valve will grow with the…
