At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Paine Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 14, Paul Skowron — senior vice president of operations at Regent Surgical Health, which develops and manages surgery center partnerships — discussed the following three…
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At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Paine Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 13, Lori Brady, RN, senior director of clinical and operational solutions for Stryker Performance Solutions, discussed how ambulatory surgery centers should approach outpatient total joint…
Looking to the future, ambulatory surgery centers must find a way to securing patient volume and payment as the healthcare industry undergoes a significant transformation, according to Fred Davis, MD, an assistant clinical professor at the Michigan State University College…
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Paine Management-Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 13, orthopedic surgeon Gary Sherman, MD, and nurse administrator Jennifer Barley — both with Hagerstown (Md.) Surgery Center in — discussed how ready-for-surgery concepts from…
The future of supply chain efficiency in the orthopedic ASC will depend upon better equipment tracking and surgeon investment in reducing supply chain costs, according to Blair Rhode, MD, who gave a talk titled "E-Implant: Cloud-Based RFID Inventory Management and…
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference + Future of Spine on June 12, 2014 in Chicago, Ray Grundman, senior director of external relations for the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, shared some of the…
Better management of anesthesia — techniques, patient selection and efficiency — has potential to add value to orthopedic practices, according to Michael R. Redler, MD, and Barry Stein, MD, both of the Surgery Center of Fairfield County, in their talk…
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management Driven ASC Conference in Chicago on June 13, Amy Mowles, president and CEO of Mowles Medical Practice Management, spoke about reimbursement for pain management in the coming years.
The Relationship Between Postoperative Pain Control and Patient Experience in the Ambulatory Setting
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven Conference in Chicago on June 13, a focus group session zeroed in on postoperative pain control after orthopedic and spinal procedures and how it affects patient experience, which is increasingly affecting…
At the 12th Annual Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven Conference in Chicago on June 13, Colin Park, a manager with VMG Health, Thomas J. Chirillo, senior director of outpatient services and ASC development with Tenet Healthcare, and Barton C. Walker,…