MedCity News October 23, 2020
Bruce Kennedy

To keep critical revenue flowing, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers need to resume elective surgeries and procedures as quickly as possible and mobile apps can help by giving patients and staff vital information, provide advance symptom screening and help providers reduce elective procedure no-shows through better patient compliance.

Hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) need elective procedures to be able to return to near pre-pandemic levels for both their patients as well as their hospital’s financial health, but the continued impact of the coronavirus pandemic complicates the issue in many geographies.

The American Hospital Association (AHA) estimates that the country’s hospitals will lose more than $200 billion during the first four months of the pandemic. Funds from the Coronavirus Aid,...

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