Quality playbook systems preparing for outpatient procedure expansion focus on protocols, outcomes tracking, and staff readiness amid CMS rule changes.

Ambulatory Surgery Centers, also known as ASCs, are freestanding healthcare facilities focused on providing outpatient surgical care. Outpatient surgery offers significant benefits over inpatient ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island Hospital will have to invest at least $1 million making improvements after multiple medical errors this year, including procedures done on the wrong patient. The ...

CMS on Wednesday night issued new recommendations urging hospitals to delay non-essential elective surgeries to be more prepared for COVID-19 patients. The guidance gives providers the final decision ...

This Consumer Alert takes a look at the price we pay for healthcare. A new report published by a consumer group, PatientRightsAdvocate.org, shows huge variations in price for patients at the same ...

The heart pumps blood around the body. If the heart does not work as it should, a person may need to undergo a heart procedure as part of their treatment. Some heart conditions are manageable with ...

Huntington Hospital reports performing New York’s first single-port gallbladder and Suffolk’s first single-port thoracic robotic surgeries ...

Doug Andersen, a 70-year-old Simsbury resident who has struggled with acid reflux in his adult life, is hoping a procedure he had recently at Bristol Hospital will free him from the daily medication ...