Becker's Healthcare August 28, 2024
Becker’s connected with Anthony DeLuise Jr., MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Ortho Rhode Island in Providence, to find out what makes ASCs stand out compared to their hospital outpatient department counterparts.
Editor’s note: Response has been edited lightly for length and clarity.
Question: What benefits do ASCs offer clinicians?
Dr. Anthony Deluise: In my experience as an orthopedic surgeon for 17 years, ASCs — ones not affiliated with hospitals — are efficient. I have been fortunate to work in two ASCs where the staff culture (nurses, scrubs, anesthesia) has been to work hard and get...