REWAAR

Changing Surgical Landscape.

The healthcare industry strives to decrease expenditures and reduce costs, and reimbursements are shifting from fee-for-service to quality and value-linked care. One result is that more surgical procedures are being performed in outpatient settings. Ambulatory care unit and surgicenter survival will depend upon a business model that will provide high quality, efficient care that emphasizes patient satisfaction and convenience. As ACU’s compete for the increased surgical volume, facilities will be more attractive when they can benchmark perioperative performance metrics regarding patient safety, operational and financial efficiency and patient satisfaction.