This trend is now driving hospital leaders to develop and execute growth strategies in the non-acute care space in order to stay competitive. Many health systems are acquiring, or even building new ASCs as a part of their non-acute strategies. However, if health systems are entering the non-acute space for the first time, they must be prepared to face new challenges. One way to equip your health system to stand up a new ASC is to work closely with your distributor partner.
Most distributors have extensive experience in both the acute and non-acute space, so they have the ability to support in establishing processes, ordering equipment and supplies, monitoring construction processes, and even navigating accreditation concerns. For example, distributors can assist with supporting process development and inventory, especially for health systems with no prior ASC usage history and minimal insights into elements like preference cards. Clinical consultants can walk you through the process of reviewing clinical standards—starting you off with standard procedure packs and recommendations based on the services you’ll be providing.
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