Jeff Lawrence, the vice president of business development for Inventory Optimization Solutions, shared the top supply chain challenges for ASCs on the company's blog.

James Martinez, a consulting pharmacist who works with surgery centers in Florida, told The Opthalmic ASC how centers can keep drug costs down.

Omaha, Neb.-based Kugler Vision offers patients with astigmatism a small incision lenticule extraction procedure, according to KETV7.

The shift to value-based care poses both risks and new opportunities for ASCs in the area of inventory management, according to Johnson & Johnson Health Care Systems' Ruben Taborda, senior director of supply chain customer solutions.

The San Ramon (Calif.) Regional Medical Center moved its da Vinci Si Surgical System to its surgery center after the hospital acquired the da Vinci Xi Surgical System.

Healthcare supply company WestCMR listed the ways ASCs can turn surgical waste into profits on Florida Trend.

ORHub plans to implement its Surgical Spotlight data analytics platform across three health systems in California and Florida.

East Columbus (Ohio) Surgery Center completed its first iStent inject series, according to Glaukos Corp. Senior Regional Business Manager Andy Wright.

AbbVie signed a non-exclusive licensing deal with Pfizer for its Humira biosimilar, Nasdaq reports.

Inventory Optimization Solutions shared tips ASCs can follow to improve supply chain management on the company's blog.

The Electronic Health Record Association published an EHR implementation guide to help healthcare organizations follow the CDC's 12 guidelines for opioid prescription.

It’s important to surgery centers to run as efficiently as possible – in other words, as lean as possible – while providing excellent patient care. So, it’s often surprising to surgery centers when they review their inventory and realize how many SKUs they are carrying – and how much it’s costing them.

Intraoperative neuromonitoring provider Accurate Neuromonitoring acquired Surgical Insights, an IONM company serving hospitals and surgeons.

Healthcare supply company WestCMR detailed three ways ASCs can turn surgical waste into profits on Florida Trend.

CVS' $70 billion acquisition of Aetna will transform the healthcare supply chain, according to John Kupice, CEO of H-Source, an online marketplace for hospital groups to buy and sell medical supplies. 

Reputation management service BirdEye partnered with athenahealth to offer its platform to athena's 120,000-plus healthcare providers.

Supply chain operations can be improved at an ASC through taking advantage of an affiliated hospital's relationship with vendors, according to the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals appointed Ron Honig, Esq, the senior vice president, general counsel and company secretary — a newly created position.

A 2010 video showing the da Vinci Xi robot performing surgery on a grape created a viral internet sensation, Elite Daily reports.

Amazon is selling software capable of scanning patient medical records and extracting data, Engadget reports.