Becker's Healthcare June 10, 2024
April Aud, BSN, RN, administrator of Poplar Bluff, Mo.-based Black River Ambulatory Surgery Center, joined Becker’s to discuss the procedures she thinks will move to the ASC setting.
Editor’s note: This response was edited lightly for clarity and length.
Question: What procedures do you think will be approved for the outpatient setting next?
April Aud: I can honestly say that I never thought total joints would be performed in an ASC setting, but here we are doing total joints in the ASC setting. Cardiac procedures have long been talked about being performed in the ASC setting and some are already being performed. Cardiac procedures in the ASC setting are even more of a surprise to me than total...