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O U T S O U R C I N G
The Case for Outsourcing
Cataracts
A turnkey approach lets you add cases
without hassle or financial risk.
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ou supply the surgeon and the patient.
The cataract outsourcing company
Daniel Cook
Executive Editor
takes care of the rest, sending whatev-
er's needed for surgery, including a trained tech, surgical microscope,
phacoemulsification machine and related handpieces, instrumentation
and 2 new lenses (1 primary, 1 backup) for each patient. "They told us
all we needed was a patient," says Rich Foster, RN, the nurse manager
of the Northwoods Surgery Center in Woodruff, Wis. The outsourcing
company even communicates with his surgeons' offices to find out
which patients are coming to his facility for surgery.
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