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Outpatient Surgery Magazine connects the ambulatory surgery community – and offers OR leaders a place to exchange ideas, learn about emerging trends and discover in-the-field solutions to daily
challenges – providing the knowledge and tools to deliver high-quality care in the outpatient environment and keep healthcare workers and surgical patients safe.
March 2023
Standardize Your Surgical Safety Checklist
Confirm the right steps have been taken for every patient, every time.
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The four pillars of The Joint Commission’s (TJC) National Patient Safety Goals for ambulatory health care and office-based surgery for...
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To further reduce the risk of medical errors, the management team at WellSpan Health Apple Hill Surgical Center, a multispecialty ASC in York, Pa., identified a need to improve communication, teamwork and...
It’s a common occurrence in facilities everywhere: A newer nurse or a traveler will come into an OR and notice some slight variations in how the perioperative team is positioning the patient for the case....
As more procedures from more specialties make their way to the outpatient arena, ASCs are understandably tempted to expand their offerings by adding new service lines....
A recent survey of more than 100 patients from the University of North Carolina Medical Center in Chapel Hill showed that they form perceptions about the competence and kindness of clinicians based on the color of scrubs they are wearing....
With ASCs increasingly taking on more complex surgical cases, there is a growing movement for surgery centers to take on patients who have traditionally been relegated to hospital-only care...