Becker's Healthcare May 1, 2023
From supply chain issues to consolidation, four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what the industry’s next disruptors will look like.
Question: What will disrupt the ASC industry next?
Editor’s note: These responses were edited lightly for brevity and clarity.
Debra Fin. Administrator of Great Lakes Bay Surgery & Endoscopy Center (Midland, Mich.): The old news is still active. ASCs will continue to see clinical staff recruitment woes and rising personnel expenses — particularly operating room circulators. Without the right staff and a stable group of teammates, it challenges the culture of an ASC and takes a great deal of operational focus to orient, integrate and support the standard of excellence and patient safety that ASCs deliver. We...