ASC Leader to Know: Vicki Edelman of Blue Bell Surgery Center

Vicki Edelman, RN, is the administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, which is managed by Ambulatory Surgical Centers of America. Blue Bell Surgery Center specializes in orthopedics, ENT, pain management, plastic surgery, general surgery, ophthalmology, and gastroenterology and sees more than 300 patients each month. Ms. Edelman, who has been with Blue Bell since May 2008, has been a nurse for 33 years and began her career in medical surgical nursing and high-risk obstetrics. Her first management role was as assistant nurse manager at Philadelphia’s Albert Einstein Medical Center’s short procedure unit and admission discharge unit.

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With extensive experience in healthcare leadership, Ms. Edelman frequently offers insight into effective and successful ASC management, most recently discussing traits that make surgery centers more attractive to physicians. One of those traits includes administrator attentiveness.

“If he’s on vacation, we can tell the other doctors, ‘We need more cases that day, or we’re going to have to move that day’s scheduled cases to another day,'” she said. She added that if a physician has stopped bringing cases to the surgery center for a reason, you will be able to fix the problem more quickly if you follow up and express concern than if you let the surgeon drop off the radar for weeks.

At the Becker’s 32nd Annual Meeting: The Business and Operations of ASCs, taking place October 29-31 in Chicago, ASC leaders, surgeons and healthcare executives will explore strategies to drive growth, enhance operational performance, navigate reimbursement challenges and prepare for the future of ambulatory surgery. Apply for complimentary registration now.

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