“For centers that are unable to take on the work internally [to prepare for a AAAHC certification survey], you can’t just coast along hoping the problems will solve themselves. Over time things will only get worse. Outsourcing to an ASC expert like Ann Geier is the way to go.”

“In the PACU, nurses document vitals every 15 minutes. When you have four or five patients at one time in a fast-paced environment, it’s impossible to keep up. With electronic vitals capture, we just hook up the patient and it starts recording. The less time the nurse spends putting information …