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Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg, S.C., is the first hospital in the state to integrate Medication on Demand into the pain management process, according to a report from The Times and Democrat.

Nap Gary is chief operating officer of Regent Surgical Health, a leader in surgery center management and development since 2001. Mr. Gary oversees operations and physician relations at more than 20 Regent centers across the country. He and Regent have…

Thomas K. Miller, MD, serves as the medical director and a physician owner of Roanoke Ambulatory Surgery Center. He weighs in on what the orthopedic market for ambulatory surgery centers will look like as it evolves over the next 12…

David Altchek, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City, will perform shoulder surgery on New York Mets pitcher Tim Byrdak, according to an ESPN report.

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros underwent foot surgery to repair a torn Achilles tendon, according to a local CBS report.

The Kansas City Chiefs and The University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Mo., have announced a 10-year partnership for sports medicine.

One year ago, the San Francisco Surgery Center (SFSC) acquired the world's first MAKOplasty robots for partial joint replacements in an outpatient surgery center. Since then, surgeons at the SFSC have performed over 50 procedures using this technology. Jeff Wong,…

With reimbursements declining and business expenses rising, surgery centers are looking for new ways to cover costs. For some surgery centers, the answer might be building a program for cash-pay patients to attract and accommodate for people without insurance or…

Here are 60 statistics on staffing ratios in surgery centers, according to VMG Health's Multi-Specialty ASC Intellimarker 2011.

St. Jude Medical has recalled the Eon and Eon Mini pain management implants after reports that they had to be removed from patients for battery issues, according to an Equities report.