Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
An Evidence-Based Guide
Editors: Rajan, Niraja (Ed.)
Free Preview- Provides a comprehensive guide for medical directors, administrators, anesthesiologists, surgeons, and perioperative leaders in the management of ASCs
- Concise and evidence-based guide to common pitfalls and situations that arise during the running of an ASC or office-based practice
- Resource for ASC and office –based practice leadership in addressing issues that arise during the management of these practices
- Topics covered include ASC construction, anesthesia billing, sedation standards, protocols, and guidelines, the culture of safety, and outpatient pediatric anesthesia
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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Niraja Rajan, MDMedical DirectorHershey Outpatient Surgery CenterAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Anesthesiology and Perioperative MedicinePenn State Hershey Medical Center
- Table of contents (21 chapters)
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ASC Design and Construction
Pages 1-15
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Obtaining ASC Contracts and Responding to RFPs
Pages 17-44
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Nuts and Bolts of Ambulatory Anesthesia Billing
Pages 45-51
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Accreditation for the Ambulatory Surgery Center
Pages 53-61
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EHR: Incorporating into Practice – Using Data Meaningfully, Obtaining Benchmarking and Metrics Information
Pages 63-81
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Table of contents (21 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Manual of Practice Management for Ambulatory Surgery Centers
- Book Subtitle
- An Evidence-Based Guide
- Editors
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- Niraja Rajan
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-19171-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-19171-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-19170-2
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-19173-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- IX, 326
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations, 32 illustrations in colour
- Topics