As ASCs become a more convenient, less costly alternative to hospital-based surgeries, it's important that sterile processing procedures are implemented properly and consistently to ensure safe ...

Kidney transplants and ilestomies — openings made in your stomach wall for the removal of waste — had the highest 30-day readmission rates of any procedures performed in 2010, according to a ...

Medicare has strict processes and procedures in place to ensure its beneficiaries receive safe, efficient, fair, and effective care. Learn more.

The American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy/American College of Gastroenterology Task Force on Quality in Endoscopy has updated quality indicators for all GI/endoscopy procedures and the four ...

The standardization of procedures was the focus of the first quality assurance specialist workshop conducted by the Mission and Installation Contracting Command's Field Directorate Office at Joint ...

The single study that investigated a non-surgical procedure revealed an increase in self-esteem and quality of life after botulinum toxin injections.

If talk among managers turns to budgets, long discussions are sure to ensue. The subtlest nuance is debated intelligently for hours. What`s a direct cost? What`s an indirect cost? What`s appropriat… ...