Let's face it, nobody looks forward to surgery. When it comes to your back, neck and spine, the word "surgery" can incite feelings of fear. While some people may want to recover in the hospital under ...

Increasing postoperative step counts after inpatient surgery may help lower the risks for complications and readmission.

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

A literature review, published in Orthopedic Reviews, compared associated costs for outpatient orthopedic surgeries that are traditionally performed as inpatient procedures. Researchers examined 3,412 ...

A new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery compares readmissions for same-day discharge for knee and hip replacements with inpatient hospitalization. The study authors identified ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the nation's largest health care system, today announced measures to ensure that all inpatient surgeries are performed under the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Results showed several surgical and patient factors were significantly associated with conversion from ...

Risk-adjusted metrics for cardiac surgery outcomes reveal significant variability in hospital performance, indicating opportunities for improvement. Predictive models for adverse outcomes include ...

Follow the money: Inpatient surgery moving out of hospitals into ambulatory centers Medical decision are being made in the hub of a large system quite the way there were just a few short years ago.

Discharge prescription mismatch versus inpatient dose significantly increased refill rate ...

CHICAGO — Results presented at the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons Annual Meeting showed significantly lower costs related to outpatient total shoulder arthroplasty when compared with inpatient ...

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has become the first hospital system nationwide to develop and implement a new method of monitoring and classifying where complex and difficult inpatient ...