As cardiovascular procedures, including electrophysiology, expand into the outpatient setting, ASC leaders are eyeing a new field of opportunities to close critical gaps in care while increasing patient volumes. But cardiology comes with higher stakes than many other specialties: Wait times for appointments and procedures have reached record highs in recent years, and cardiovascular patients are at baseline more likely to be higher acuity. Christine Hagan, BSN, director of ASC operations at Philadelphia-based Atria Health and administrator of AMS Cardiovascular ASC, has been at the forefront of cardiology’s migration to the outpatient setting.
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Source: https://www.beckersasc.com/cardiology/the-key-to-this-specialtys-high-stakes-asc-shift/