The following is a white paper written by SurgiScreen, which provides consulting, management support and outsourcing of pre-surgical screening services.
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No matter how hard you try, you will always receive some complaints. Sandra Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, offers "dos and don'ts" on how to handle complaints from patients, physicians and employees.
With so many day-to-day stresses in a surgery center, it's easy to overlook emergency drills in favor of more pressing issues. Disasters happen, though, and if they happen to your center, you want your staff to be as prepared as…
Tom Jacobs, CEO and co-founder of MedHQ, describes a critical mistake made by new ASCs.
A standard medical director agreement lists a daunting array of functions to be fulfilled by the practitioner taking on this critical position. Participation in facility committees, continuing medical education for the staff, and implementation of quality assurance programs are but…
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Editor's note: The following article by Patrick Doyle, vice president of sales, surgery division, for SourceMedical, appeared in the Spring 2010 edition of SourceMedical's "Insider Source" magazine.
Increasing quality of care means paying careful attention to your risk management procedures and taking extra steps to prevent errors. Sandra J. Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, discusses three mistakes ASCs make with risk management and how to…
Pre- and post-operative care can be especially difficult because a good healing process is dependent on understanding and cooperation from the patient. Sandra Jones, executive vice president of ASD Management, offers four suggestions on improving pre- and post-operative care.
Susan Kizirian, chief operating officer for ASCOA, shares three ways ASCs can reduce their payroll costs without negatively impacting the quality of care provided.
Here are five financial statistics about ENT in ASCs, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.