Here are seven things ASC leaders should know for June 26, 2017.
The Joint Commission awards 3 John M. Eisenberg Safety and Quality Awards
The Joint Commission along with the National Quality Forum named three recipients of its annual John M. Eisenberg Patient Safety and Quality Awards. Veterans Health Administration Deputy Under Secretary Carolyn Clancy, MD; Boston Children's Hospital's I-Pass Study Group; and Wilmington, Del.-based Christiana Care Health System were all recognized.
Centers for Gastroenterology plans to relocate
Centers for Gastroenterology in Greeley, Colo., signed an agreement to move its medical office. The center plans to relocate to a 4,000-square-foot building also in Greeley.
Ambulatory Surgery Center of Manhattan names Dr. David Levine medical director
The Ambulatory Surgery Center of Manhattan named David S. Levine, MD, medical director. New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery will open the Ambulatory Surgery Center of Manhattan in July.
Delaware health system plans surgery center
Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare is planning to open a specialty surgery center in Rehoboth, Del. The surgery center will be part of a $180 million expansion that'll see the health system open a freestanding emergency department and a cancer center in Tunnell, Conn., the surgery center in Rehoboth and a full-service satellite facility in Millville, Conn.
Texas medical center earns comprehensive bariatric surgery center accreditation
The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program accredited Cedar Park (Texas) Regional Medical Center as a comprehensive bariatric surgery center.
Valeant's Bausch + Lomb contact lens solutions brand most trusted in Canada
BrandSpark International named Valeant Pharmaceuticals' Bausch + Lomb's contact lens solutions the most trusted contact lens solution brand in Canada.
After 35 years, Gainesville Eye Associates founder Dr. Stephen Farkas retires
Stephen Farkas, MD, left the practice he founded on his own terms after 35 years. Dr. Farkas came to Gainesville, Ga., in 1982 to begin his career. He founded Gainesville Eye Associates and, for 35 years, ran and grew the practice.
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