1 1 5
A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 | O U T P AT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E
BUSINESS ADVISOR
municate with a durable medical equipment company to coordinate
delivery times and locations, and your recovery room staff must have
a working knowledge of the equipment in case patients have ques-
tions about how it operates.
A focused face-to-face meeting with the staff who will be caring for
the new surgeon's patients helps bridge the gap between planning and
successful implementation. It also gives the team a sense of personal
responsibility in making sure that both the surgeon and his patients
are properly cared for once they arrive at your facility. OSM
Ms. Massey (
corriemassey@yahoo.com
) is the director of the 20th Street
Surgery Center in Santa Monica, Calif.
