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Outpatient Surgery E-Weekly

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 > September, 2004 Vol. V, No. 9

Does Your Facility Need a Facelift?

20 easy and inexpensive ways to transform the look and feel of your surgery center.

Daniel Cook, Managing Editor

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Start at the beginning; 1. Cover the patient pick-up area; 2. Incorporate natural light; 3. Create appealing masking noises; 4. Plant a garden; 5. Add a fireplace; 7. Analyze the flooring; Pre-op and post-op improvements; 10. Custom curtains; 11. Use interior windows; 15. Soften the OR; 17. Move the lounge; 20. Install telephones and dictation alcoves; A competitive advantage; Academy; Altus Architectural Studios; Analyze; Architectural Studios; Architecture; Associates; Corporation; Family; Fox; HBE Corporation; Raymond Fox; Studios; adopted; airline; allocate; applied; area; bang; beginning;... show all keywords
Start at the beginning; 1. Cover the patient pick-up area; 2. Incorporate natural light; 3. Create appealing masking noises; 4. Plant a garden; 5. Add a fireplace; 7. Analyze the flooring; Pre-op and post-op improvements; 10. Custom curtains; 11. Use interior windows; 15. Soften the OR; 17. Move the lounge; 20. Install telephones and dictation alcoves; A competitive advantage; Academy; Altus Architectural Studios; Analyze; Architectural Studios; Architecture; Associates; Corporation; Family; Fox; HBE Corporation; Raymond Fox; Studios; adopted; airline; allocate; applied; area; bang; beginning; biggest; bite; budget; care; carpet; carpeted; cathedral; ceilings; centers; client's; coffee; comfortable; commitment; community; concept; constructing; cozy; custom; customer's; deal; dedication; density; design; director; double-check; downtime; drab; drink; duct; eat; ensure; ensuring; entrances; entry; essentially; explore; facility; factor; fireplaces; first-impression; flooring; food; four-star; give; golden; grab; grander; great; greatest; healthcare; hospitality; hotel; ideas; image; impact; impression; improvement; include; inject; inside; insists; instill; intended; interior; key; landscaping; level; life; lobby; long; loved; low-cost; luxurious; machines; makeover; making; management; manufacturers; members; mimic; mini; minimal; momentum; money; notice; older; opposed; option; outfitting; paramount; passenger; patient; patients; people; physical; plane; plight; president; principal; principle; product's; promise; put; quality; quick; ready; remaining; rest; room; rule; scales; scheduled; seats; sensitive; sets; setting; shows; simple; small; space; spend; staff; stuck; suitable; surgeons; surgery; tape; terms; tiled; today's; traffic; treated; unlike; upgrades; vending; waiting; wear; withstand; woodwork; work; worn

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