Robert Stiefel, MD, and Howard Greenfield, MD, principals of Enhance Healthcare, suggest five metrics that can indicate whether an anesthesia group is meeting a hospital’s needs in the operating room.

How important are metrics in the ASC community? You need to only review the Oct. 11, 2010, letter to the Department of Health and Human Services from the ASC Association, ASC Advocacy Committee and ...

Hand cleansing with soap and water or by using an alcohol-based hand sanitizer is the simplest and most effective way to prevent infection. UAB OB/GYN providers, staff, patients, and visitors are ...

Hospitals across the United States are always looking for ways to reduce costs and avoid medical malpractice lawsuits, while ...

Healthcare institutions are currently shifting toward more personalized communication tools to improve patient ...

With two federal initiatives to measure ambulatory surgery center quality expected in the next few years, the outlines of those programs may come into focus this year as rulemaking gets under way, ...

Patient satisfaction is often claimed as a surrogate for healthcare quality. This is an incorrect and dishonest assertion and threatens to destroy the doctor-patient relationship at its most sacred ...

We rate Uber drivers, restaurants, Amazon delivery, and much more, but when it comes to our own health experience, we often have little to no data. That’s especially scary because the business model ...

Accountability should be built into rounds, case reviews, and department culture ...

Dr. Jonathan Thierman, president and chief executive, ExpressCare and Children's Urgent Care, at LifeBridge Health, previously had set up the LifeBridge Health Virtual Health Center. From that ...