Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers [electronic resource] : An Evidence-Based Guide /
Rajan, Niraja.editor.
This key resource provides insight and guidance to managing ambulatory surgery centers (ACSs) from a broad spectrum of expertise. Intended for a wide audience of healthcare professionals, this book covers topics such as regulatory issues, outpatient pediatric anesthesia, inventory management, personnel training, the culture of safety, and sedation standards. The format found in each chapter is designed intentionally to function as an educational manual. Many chapters are supplemented by high quality figures and tables to aid in visual learning. This text brings together authors from diverse professions including lawyers, administrators, surgeons, anesthesiologists and architects – all of whom have contributed their expertise to address the multitude of subjects that pertain to ASCs. Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers: An Evidence-Based Guide is a concise and evidence-based guide to successfully operating the modern health care facilities that have transformed the outpatient experience for millions of people.
Chapter 1: ASC Design and Construction -- Chapter 2: Obtaining ASC Contracts and Responding to RFPs -- 3: Nuts and Bolts of Ambulatory Anesthesia Billing -- Chapter 4: Sterile Processing and Infection Control in ASCs -- Chapter 5: Scheduling: Optimal Block Schedule, Improving Utilization -- Chapter 6: Lean Management: Inventory, Waste Management -- Chapter 7: Perioperative Surgical Home Principles Applied to the Ambulatory Setting -- Chapter 8: Enhanced Recovery Program in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting -- Chapter 9: Medication Safety: Unique Aspects in ASCs -- Chapter 10: Sedation Guidelines -- Chapter 11: Monitors and Equipment for the Ambulatory Surgical Care Setting -- Chapter 12: PACU Management: Unique Concepts to ASCs -- Chapter 13: EHR – Incorporating Into Practice – Using Data Meaningfully, Obtaining Benchmarking and Metrics Information -- Chapter 14: Accreditation for the Ambulatory Surgery Center -- Chapter 15: HR Issues: Sexual Harassment, Workplace Diversity, Cultural Sensitivity, Privileging, Credentialing, Denying Privileges, Difficult Conversations -- Chapter 16: Risk Management and Quality Improvement -- Chapter 17: Culture of Safety -- Chapter 18: Education and Training: Staff and Facility -- Chapter 19: Emergency Preparedness in Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Office-Based Anesthesia Practices -- Chapter 20: Office-Based Anesthesia and Surgery: Unique Aspects -- Chapter 21: Pediatric Anesthesi.
This key resource provides insight and guidance to managing ambulatory surgery centers (ACSs) from a broad spectrum of expertise. Intended for a wide audience of healthcare professionals, this book covers topics such as regulatory issues, outpatient pediatric anesthesia, inventory management, personnel training, the culture of safety, and sedation standards. The format found in each chapter is designed intentionally to function as an educational manual. Many chapters are supplemented by high quality figures and tables to aid in visual learning. This text brings together authors from diverse professions including lawyers, administrators, surgeons, anesthesiologists and architects – all of whom have contributed their expertise to address the multitude of subjects that pertain to ASCs. Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers: An Evidence-Based Guide is a concise and evidence-based guide to successfully operating the modern health care facilities that have transformed the outpatient experience for millions of people.
Anesthesiology.
Practice of medicine.
Anesthesiology.
Practice and Hospital Management.