June 20, 2016
Experts can help ASC leaders solidify building safety
For an ambulatory surgery center (ASC), maintaining a safe physical environment for patients generally falls to the administrator and governing board. For those who lack expertise in healthcare architecture, building codes, and risk management, it may pay to hire a consultant. Even so, ASC managers remain responsible for compliance. Fortunately, according to survey reports, some of the most common deficiencies are things even an untrained person could control by knowing the rules and having a procedure to implement them.
Free Daily News
- Call for improved suicide risk screening in ASCs aims to strengthen safety protocols
- Study: Perioperative pregabalin reduces risk of kidney decline compared to gabapentin
- Medical school diversity declines after Supreme Court ruling
- Surgeons risk losing ground as transcatheter tricuspid valve interventions rise
- Bain Capital seeks full acquisition of Surgery Partners amid growing private equity interest in healthcare
- Study: Sleep surgery reduces motor vehicle accident risk in OSA patients
- Health systems embrace multi-year medical technology partnerships
- Health system leader survey respondents brace for 2025 shifts
- Initiative addresses nurses' underrepresentation in health media
- Pig organ transplant recipient remains healthy, sets xenotransplant record
© Access Intelligence, LLC. All rights reserved. |
Privacy Policy |
Cookie Settings |
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging |
Accessibility Statement