One of the most revolutionary procedures in medicine, laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgery that allows surgeons use small "keyhole" incisions and tiny 3D cameras to operate on internal organs without leaving big, slow-healing scars. As fascinating as...

Source: Becker's ASC Review A study done recently found that while surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists are generally satisfied with the level of collaboration and communications between members of their surgical team, more communication can lead to...

In order to keep an ambulatory surgery center operating at its full potential there must be loyalty among the physicians. If physicians feel that their individual needs are being taken into consideration it will surely have a positive effect on their performance....

Always looking for new ways to prevent health problems, new mobile health technologies have come up with embedded sensors that track a baby’s health condition. New York-based Pixie Scientific developed urine-tracking Smart Diapers. The diapers have a code on the...

US Representatives Devin Nunes (R-CA) and John Larson (D-CT) introduced the Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2013 (H.R. 2500) in the House of Representatives on Tuesday. This bill is the companion legislation to S. 1137, which was introduced by US...