Becker's Healthcare October 10, 2023
ASCs, particularly independent centers, have long struggled to retain staff as they compete with high-paying hospital jobs, and this issue was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But some ASC leaders have found strategies that worked. Twenty-four leaders recently joined Becker’s to discuss the major decisions they made this year that changed their organizations for the better, and many said that focusing on work culture and internal communication was their biggest key to success.
“If I had to pinpoint one specific change that had the biggest positive impact on our surgery center, I would have to say our efforts toward increased visibility, communication and accessibility of the surgical coordination staff and associated surgical departments within,”
Vianka DeJesus, operations...