Effective handwashing and infection control practices are top of mind for ASC leaders. Here are three that experts shared with Becker's ASC Review:

  Gerald A. Maccioli, MD, chief quality officer of Envision Healthcare and medical director of Envision's Healthcare Center for Quality and Patient Safety, has nearly three decades of experience in clinical and business leadership. Here, he shares his thoughts on the role of ASCs in value-based care, technological advancements on the horizon and more.

Troy, Mich.-based TruVista Surgery Center was the first facility to have zero deficiencies in its annual door inspection by Compliance One Group.

Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Specialists' Bellin Orthopedic Surgery Center in Green Bay, Wis., is accredited by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care.

Staff training and consistency can help ASCs improve their infection control efforts over time, according to ASC software developer Simplify ASC.

There were 50 healthcare data breaches reported to the HHS Office for Civil Rights in July, more than any other month on record, according to HIPAA Journal. The HHS started tracking healthcare data breaches in 2009.

Burnout has caused some physicians to consider stepping away from their practices, according to Medical Economics' 2019 physician burnout survey.

Nurse managers play an essential role in day-to-day surgery center operations. Here are four ASCs looking for nurse managers:

Women's Choice Award named the best ASCs for 2019.

The Joint Commission released a list of the most common sentinel events in the first six months of 2019.

The Joint Commission outlined the key safe injection processes ASCs should adhere to.

Women's Choice Award's 2019 Best Surgical Centers list, which came out earlier this year, included two surgery centers in Minnesota: Fairview Maple Grove Surgery Center and ACMC-Marshall Surgery Center.

ASC technology developer Surgical Information Systems' chief nursing officer Ann Geier weighed in on the top infection control challenges for ASCs.

Along with burnout and the shift to value-based care, the impending physician shortage is a hot topic in the healthcare industry.

The Association of periOperative Registered Nurses weighed in on the challenges nurses face when adopting hand hygiene and how to solve them.

Physicians faced with job stresses, family demands and constraints on their time are pushing self-care aside, a survey conducted by the Harris Poll reveals.

There were 30 breaches of 500 healthcare records or more reported to the Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights data breach portal in June, according to HIPAA Journal.

2019 is on track to be one of the worst years for healthcare data breaches, according to Health IT Security.

Yearly salary for a certified registered nurse anesthetist is $167,950, according to May 2018 mean salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Effective handwashing practices are top of mind for ASC leaders. Here are three that experts shared with Becker's ASC Review: