Description
Book SynopsisThis 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.
Table of Contents Chapter 1: ASC Design and Construction
William R. Phillips, PhD
Chapter 2: Obtaining ASC Contracts and Responding to RFPs
Judith Jurin Semo, PLLC
Chapter 3: Nuts and Bolts of Ambulatory Anesthesia Billing
Jason Habeck, MD; Kumar G. Belani, MBBS, MS, FAAP
Chapter 4: Sterile Processing and Infection Control in ASCs
Rita Mack, RN, BSN, MHA; Niraja Rajan, MD
Chapter 5: Scheduling: Optimal Block Schedule, Improving Utilization
Mitchell H. Tsai, MD, MMM; David W. Sobel, MD; Jaspinder Sra, MD;
Steven D. Boggs, MD, MBA
Chapter 6: Lean Management: Inventory, Waste Management
Ahmad Elsharydah, MD, MBA; Maria A. Michaelis, MD, FASA; Niraja Rajan, MD, FAAP
Chapter 7: Perioperative Surgical Home Principles Applied to the Ambulatory Setting
Timothy Del Rosario, MD; Jarrett Heard, MD, MBA; Michael Guertin, MD, MBA; David S. Beebe, MD; Kumar G Belani, MBBS, MS
Chapter 8: Enhanced Recovery Program in the Ambulatory Surgery Setting
Girish P. Joshi, MBBS, MD, FFARCSI
Chapter 9: Medication Safety: Unique Aspects in ASCs
Neil S. Bailard, MD
Chapter 10: Sedation Guidelines
Rosalind Ritchie-Dabney, M.D., Uma Ramesh Parekh, MBBS, FRCA
Chapter 11: Monitors and Equipment for the Ambulatory Surgical Care Setting
Tjorvi E Perry, MD, MMSc, Kumar Belani, MD
Chapter 12: PACU Management: Unique Concepts to ASCs
Fatima Ahmad, MD, Niraja Rajan, MD
Chapter 13: EHR – Incorporating Into Practice – Using Data Meaningfully, Obtaining Benchmarking and Metrics Information
Stanford Plavin, M.D.
Chapter 14: Accreditation for the Ambulatory Surgery Center
Steven Butz, MD, Irving Hirsch, MD
Chapter 15: HR Issues: Sexual Harassment, Workplace Diversity, Cultural Sensitivity, Privileging, Credentialing, Denying Privileges, Difficult Conversations
Marjorie P. Brennan, MD, MPH, Niraja Rajan, MD
Chapter 16: Risk Management and Quality Improvement
Jeffrey W. Lee, MD
Chapter 17: Culture of Safety
Brennan, MD, MPH, Shaina Drummond, MD
Chapter 18: Education and Training: Staff and Facility
Catherine Chiu, M.D., Sakura Kinjo, M.D.
Chapter 19: Emergency Preparedness in Ambulatory Surgery Centers and Office-Based Anesthesia Practices
Shaina Drummond, MD, Michael O’Rourke, MD
Chapter 20: Office-Based Anesthesia and Surgery: Unique Aspects
Uduak Ursula Williams, MD; Antoinette Van Meter, MD; Pascal Owusu-Agyemang, MD
Chapter 21: Pediatric Anesthesia
Chhaya Patel, MD, Claude Abdallah, MD, MSc
