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:

The Joint Commission outlined how organizations can help alleviate nurse burnout.

Research from the American Medical Association, Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic and Stanford (Calif.) University School of Medicine found that burnout among U.S. physicians decreased between 2014 and 2017, but the overall rate of burnout remains high.

Geeta Nayyar, MD, chief medical officer of Tampa, Fla.-based Greenway Health, shared her insights on the key ways health systems and ASCs can reduce physician burnout.

Physician assistants and nurses working in the West and on the East Coast earn more than those working in other parts of the U.S., according to May 2018 mean salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Medications that are hazardous or look and sound like each other when written or spoken require extra care when handling to keep patients safe, according to The Joint Commission.

The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association has chosen SPH Analytics, a population health manager, as its partner for ASC surveys.

The American College of Surgeons has verified New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital as a level 1 children's surgery center.

Linda Komnick, senior partner and leader of the physician integration and leadership practice at executive search firm WittKieffer, and Christine Mackey-Ross, a former WittKieffer employee, shared their insights on remedies for physician burnout.

Columbus (Miss.) Eye Clinic and Laser Surgery Center leveraged its EHR to improve internal processes and care management strategies, according to MidSouth Practice Transformation Network.

The average yearly salary for a nurse practitioner practicing in the U.S. is $112,673, according to jobseeker website ZipRecruiter.

Nearly 2 million patients were affected by data breaches in May, according to HIPAA Journal.