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director of outpatient services. "It's really pret-
ty easy when they take care of everything,"
she says. She especially doesn't miss having to
pay overnight shipping fees to get IOLs deliv-
ered to the hospital in time.
Tuesdays are cataract days at St. Luke's, a
single surgeon performing 25 to 30 8-minute
cases between 2 ORs. After paying the out-
sourcing partner and staffing costs, each case
generates around a $500 profit, says Ms.
O P H T H A L M O L O G Y
AT YOUR SERVICE
Outsourcing has transformed from
a "roll on-roll off" industry to more
of a partner and a service provider.
Pamela
Bevelhymer,
RN,
BSN
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