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Each year, when CMS issues updates to its final payment rule for ASCs and hospital outpatient departments (HOPDs) for the coming year, it includes updates to the data collection, data submission and program administration requirements ASCs need to be in compliance with Medicare’s ASCQR reporting program.

There’s often very little, if any, warning that a disaster is about to strike. Disaster preparation must occur long before events occur.

A wide range of new technologies are changing how many perioperative procedures are performed. Often, the results are improved surgical outcomes and higher levels of patient satisfaction.

It’s critical that health care organizations and nurse managers do everything they can to reduce instances of bullying in order to help reduce levels of burnout among OR nurses.

Whether it’s in the workplace or at home, poor health, unsafe practices and high stress can take a toll on OR nurses.

Despite technological advances and a growing awareness of the problem, infections remain a serious issue in many hospital operating rooms today.