Outpatient joint replacement is rapidly reshaping orthopedic care as advances in minimally invasive surgery, anesthesia, rapid recovery protocols and care coordination make same-day hip and knee ...

Twenty-five years ago, when Richard Berger, MD, began talking about outpatient joint replacement surgery, much of the orthopedic community found the idea absurd. At the time, hip and knee replacement ...

Cleveland Clinic is developing new ambulatory surgery centers with a firm called Regent Surgical. Here's what we know: ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (WSPA) – Ambulatory surgery centers, also commonly known as outpatient care centers, are growing in popularity for surgical procedures. Going under the knife is something many people ...

The Leapfrog Group will expand its quality ratings to outpatient surgery next year. Leapfrog announced on Tuesday that it would open surveys for outpatient surgical departments that are connected with ...

"The majority of all outpatient surgeries are now done in Ambulatory Surgery Centers or ASCs," said Dr. Peter Kasprzak, M.D., the physician owner of Quail Surgical and Pain Management Center, a joint ...

Over the past decade there's been a dramatic increase in the proportion of cataract surgeries performed at ambulatory surgery centers. In some communities nearly all cataract surgeries are done in a ...

In this episode, Terry Bohlke, Vice President of Ambulatory Surgery Centers at Community Health Systems, shares insights on the key trends shaping the ASC industry, including staffing challenges, ...

Working with data research firm Statista, we analyzed ambulatory surgical center performance data. As part of the research, we conducted a survey of experts, asking nurses, therapists, physicians and ...

Ambulatory surgical centers have become a big part of American medicine. These are facilities where patients can have specific surgical procedures that usually don't require them to be hospitalized, ...