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GI Efficiency-Boosters
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You Can Implement Today
SHARING THEIR SECRETS We asked endoscopy facility
managers how they keep their GI procedures running smoothly.
Sensible solutions to help your endo suites run as
safely and as profitably as possible.
Outpatient Surgery Editors
T
he challenge of running an efficient GI service lies in treating a
high volume of patients with safety, efficiency and economy in
mind. To assist you in your quest to achieve this rare trifecta,
we asked your endoscopy colleagues to share the things that work
well in their facilities.
1. Adhere to bowel-cleansing regimen. Inadequate bowel
preparation is more than an inconvenience. Poor preps can result in
missed lesions, aborted or incomplete procedures, and higher complication rates. At Philadelphia's Endoscopy Center of Pennsylvania
Hospital, staff call patients the day before a procedure "right around the
time the patient would begin the prep, to answer questions and improve
compliance," says Stephanie Diem, BS, RN, the administrative director.
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O U T PAT I E N T S U R G E R Y M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E | S E P T E M B E R 2013
Casey McFarland, MHA, Georgia Endoscopy Center and Endoscopy Consultants
G A S T R O E N T E R O L O G Y
