August is National ASC Month: Supporting the ASC industry

Editor's Note

Every August,  ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) promote awareness of how they "have  transformed the outpatient experience by offering a convenient and personalized alternative to the hospital outpatient surgical setting," notes the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA). This year, ASCA and other organizations are using the month to educate key policy and decision makers as well as the public on the many benefits ASCs provide.

To participate in this month's celebration, ASCA recommends:

• Customize Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn social media profiles with their National ASC Month banners
• Download and post on social media about National ASC Month using the hashtag #NationalASCMonth
• Download the What is an ASC? infographic and a state-specific fact sheet to expand recognition of the ASCs in local communities
• Sign up to host a facility tour for members of Congress
• Learn more about the over 50-year history of ASCs.

OR Manager is a proud supporter of the ASC community. Each week, we deliver relevant news to our ASC audience via ASC Leader Weekly, and each month, we publish content for ASC leaders with insight from ASC expert contributors that understand the challenges administrators, managers, and clinical leaders face daily.

Browse our recent ASC content:

• ASC management is a skill: A day in the administrator role
  The administrator of an ambulatory surgery center (ASC) wears many hats, doing every odd job in the book to keep their free-standing center safe, compliant, and operational. But what does “wearing many hats” mean exactly? OR Manager spoke with...
• The US News journey to introduce a new ‘best’ ASCs ranking
  Some 800,000 knee replacements and 550,000 hip replacements are performed in the US each year. Factoring in the ever-expanding aging population, projections show the figure for knee replacements alone will explode to 3.5 million procedures being done annually by 2030—and that is just one type of procedure...
• Ambulatory endoscopy management strategies keep patients, finances healthy
  Gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy is one of the most common procedures in the US. Performed more than 17.1 million times per year in inpatient and outpatient hospital settings as well as ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), GI procedures account for 68% of all endoscopies...
• Scaling standards from sterile processing department to clinic
  Reforming instrument reprocessing practices does not always end with the main sterile processing department (SPD). Holding clinics to the same standard adds to the challenge, whether they are associated with hospitals or operate independently...

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