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Contact Congress Over Drug Shortage Issues

A Kentucky congressman is urging surgical facilities to contact their members of Congress and request that they sign his letter demanding changes to...

N.J. Posts ASC Inspection Reports Online

State and federal inspection reports of New Jersey's ASCs are now available online, giving patients an opportunity to make more informed choices abo...

Are Opioids Necessary?

While it's not always practical, or even possible, to eliminate opioids from your post-op pain management regiment, reducing their use in favor of n...

Archive >  Surgical Construction 2003

Tips from the Facility Development Experts

Our survey of facility developers turned up some important advice for would-be surgical entrepreneurs.

What you don't know can hurt you, especially if you are venturing into a project as expensive and risky as building a surgery facility. That's why we asked surgical facility development firms across the country to help. In the process of birthing most of the new surgical facilities in the country, the experts in these firms develop special expertise in issues as diverse as the relative profitability of specialties to the biggest pitfalls facing new surgery facilities. We surveyed 79 facilities; 14, or 18 percent, responded. While the sample is tiny, their comments may be useful as you think about building your facility.

Surgeon facility development know-how
Think you're capable of building a surgery facility? Think again. The typical physician has virtually no clue about the ins and outs of making a surgery facility a reality, our developers say. Fifty percent rated physicians' overall knowledge as "poor," while the other half rated it as "fair."

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