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Regional Ambulatory Surgery Center
A C C R E D I T A T I O N
DREAM TEAM Staff at Regional Ambulatory Surgery
Center work hard to provide the best possible patient
care and take ownership in the facility's success.
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Great Reasons to
Seek Accreditation
For this surgery center, there is no better investment.
Kathy Wortman, RN, BSN | St. Mary's, Pa.
T
he question is posed every 3 years, when my surgery center must
shell out $14,000 to renew its accreditation term. "Why do we
need to spend money on that?" the board members ask. Their concern
is understandable — that's a pretty big chunk of change for a privately
funded surgery center . But investing in accreditation is beneficial on
many levels, something I remind my surgeons of every time they hesitate to cut that check.
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