"Companies should be willing to put some skin in the game to be
your partner, not just your vendor, because they're incentivized to
help you grow," Ms. Nagorski says. "Ask about outside-the-box
options they can offer to help you grow your market share."
6 0 • O U T PA T I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E • N O V E M B E R 2 0 1 9
From helping your surgeons standardize protocols to streamlin-
ing the logistics of your program and much more, here are some
of the total joints consulting programs top orthopedic vendors are
offering:
• Accelero (a subsidiary of Zimmer Biomet) offers Outpatient
Joint Advantage, a service that helps facilities manage the entire
episode of care, improve operational efficiencies, boost patient
satisfaction and conduct local marketing (osmag.net/xHG7pM).
• Arthrex partners with facilities interested in learning how to
better manage patient selection and education, equipment plan-
ning, pre- and post-op care, and payer contracts
(osmag.net/uCa6GW).
• DePuy Synthes provides national and regional support pro-
grams, on-site consultation visits, online educational content and
a pathway to follow for launching a program
(osmag.net/D7zHDa).
• Smith & Nephew's new Outpatient Joint Experience Team
Training program provides peer-to-peer coaching for surgeons
and anesthesiologists, advice for optimizing patient selection,
ways to improve team communication and data collection, patient
engagement and education offerings, marketing training and
solutions for maximizing OR efficiencies (osmag.net/N8EsJt).
— Jared Bilski
AT A GLANCE
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