Cover Story

The U.S. health care system is facing an acute nursing shortage that was only made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic. This shortage is affecting every aspect of health care delivery, including perioperative services.

Experts discuss one of the most frequent and costly surgical “never events” – retained surgical items.

Organizations across all industries are placing a high priority on measuring patient satisfaction, and the health care industry is no different. Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are using a variety of tools to gather feedback from patients.

One of the biggest keys to successful surgical outcomes is thorough patient prep before the surgery. This article explores many different components of the process.

There has been a tremendous surge in robotic-assisted surgery in recent years with more than 7 million robotic surgical procedures performed worldwide in 2020.

What items are on your OR or ASC wish list this year? We decided to ask a number of different perioperative professionals this question. Following is a summary of their responses.