Same-Day Surgery – July 1, 2017
July 1, 2017
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Patient Surveys Are About to Get a Lot More Complicated
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will require ambulatory surgery centers to conduct patient experience surveys through certified vendors, as of Jan. 1, 2018.
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Recent Hospital Kidnapping by Gunman Highlights Need for Active Shooter Plan
The wrong thing for an ambulatory surgery center team to think after reading about an active shooter incident is “it can’t happen here,” training specialists say.
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Data Collection with Benchmarking Provides Great Quality Improvement Opportunity
Quality improvement projects can benefit from data collection and benchmarking. Small surgery centers now can afford the resources necessary to make these happen.
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Better Communication Between Staff Can Help Prevent Medical Mistakes
Wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient surgery problems consistently have an underlying factor: poor communication between healthcare professionals, according to the Patient Safety Network of the federal Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Study Shows How ASCs Can Cut Cancellations in Half
Cancellations at a pediatric ASC dropped from a rate of 16.8% to 8.8% three months after the ASC made changes that included educating staff and implementing a call log, call script, and checklist, according to a new study.
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Promoting From Within
Keep ambulatory surgery center staff morale high by promoting employees from within.