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Archive >  Surgical Construction 2006

Look Out Below!

Top ten signs that your surgical construction project is doomed.

Tom Yerden, MHA

We've all read the cheery articles with the snappy headlines: "10 ASC Operational Success Factors" or "How to Achieve Outpatient Surgery Nirvana." I'd like to interject a little gloom and address the top 10 signs that your surgery center may not perform as you had hoped.

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