In the News: California’s South Bay Hospitals See Elective Procedures Shift to Surgery Centers

Hospitals in the South Bay region of California are reporting decreases in elective surgeries while surgery centers are reporting increases, according to a report from the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal.

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Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles, Regional Medical Center in San Jose and O’Connor Hospital in San Jose all report declines, with hospital executives attributing some of the drop to a shifting of procedures to ASCs, according to the story.

Meanwhile, Los Gatos Surgical Center reports an increase in business and is projecting a strong finish to the year.

Read the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal report on the shift of South Bay outpatient surgery.

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