Outpatient Surgery Magazine - Home Page. Outpatient Surgery Magazine is a national monthly magazine for physicians, nurses and administrators involved in the rapidly growing field of outpatient surgery. The publication reaches individuals involved in the operation of freestanding ambulatory surgery centers, hospital outpatient surgery departments, and office-based surgery suites. This publication offers advice on such topics as when and whether to add a new surgical procedure, how to make buying decisions logically, how to attract new surgeons and fill OR time, efficient scheduling, managing state and federal regulatory requirements, and the like. It offers specific departments on the top specialties who perform outpatient procedures, including anesthesiology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, plastics, OB/GYN, gastroenterology, and pain management.