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The Affordable Care Act - March 2015 - Outpatient Surgery Magazine

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Staffing and equipment needs Adding total joints is easier for ortho-heavy centers, says Dr. Berger, especially because you will need equip- ment on hand like "space suits" and specialty tables designed for total hip replacements. Dr. Kohen says his center's heavy orthopedic caseload made its total joint program transi- tion smoother and more cost-effective since the needed equipment was already on hand. "We were already performing big pro- cedures there, so things like helmets and orthopedic power tools were already available," he says. You may also want to hand-pick surgical staff who have a background with these procedures. Dr. Kohen says his center turned to nurses who worked on total joint cases at a local hospital, something he suggests for facilities just beginning their 9 0 O U T P A T 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 | M A R C H 2 0 1 5 D o you want to know more about how to start a total joint program at your facility? Check out our pre-conference workshop at this year's OR Excellence. Dave Berkheimer, BSN, CRNA, and surgeon Christopher McClellan, DO, of Same Day Joints will help you establish a successful program from the ground up. Same Day Joints is an outpatient total joint replacement program with more than 3 years of experience and hundreds of cases under its belt. Mr. Berkheimer and Dr. McClellan will go over the establishment, pitfalls and success stories to help you set up your own same-day joints program. The workshop will run from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at OR Excellence, held this year at the San Antonio Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas. For more information, go to orexcellence.com. — Kendal Gapinski OR EXCELLENCE Same-Day Joint Workshop Coming to ORX z SAME DAY JOINTS Learn more about how to start a total joints pro- gram at our OR Excellence Conference.

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