Becker's ASC Review

Becker's ASC Review October 2015

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16 Colonoscopy 79. Seventy-seven percent of colonoscopy pa- tients report minimal or no discomfort during bowel preparation. 10 80. Seventy-seven percent of colonoscopy pa- tients waited less than one month between sched- uling and undergoing colonoscopy. 81. Ninety-eight percent of colonoscopy patients were comfortable aer discharge. 82. Ninety-nine percent of colonoscopy patients report minimal or no discomfort during the pro- cedure and would recommend it to others. 83. One hundred percent of colonoscopy patients understood the procedure. 84. Colonoscopy procedure time is 10 minutes to 31 minutes. 85. Pre-procedure time for colonoscopy is 13 minutes to 92 minutes, from patient check-in to scope insertion. 86. Colonoscopy discharge time is 14 minutes to 66 minutes. Knee arthroscopy 87. Knee arthroscopy procedure takes 23 min- utes. 11 88. Discharge time for knee arthroscopy takes 77 minutes. 89. Eighty-five percent of knee arthroscopy pa- tients waited less than one month between sched- uling and undergoing surgery. 90. Ninety-one percent of knee arthroscopy pa- tients scheduled the procedure as soon as they wanted in the ASC. 91. One hundred percent of knee arthroscopy pa- tients were comfortable postop. Shoulder arthroscopy 92. Shoulder arthroscopy procedure time takes 59 minutes. 12 93. Discharge time for shoulder arthroscopy takes 96 minutes. 94. Seventy-eight percent of shoulder arthrosco- py patients waited less than one month between scheduling and undergoing surgery. 95. Eighty-seven percent of shoulder arthroscopy patients scheduled the procedure as soon as they wanted in the ASC. 96. Ninety-five percent of shoulder arthroscopy patients were comfortable postop. Lower Back 97. Procedure time takes six minutes for low back injections. 13 98. Discharge time aer low back injections takes 24 minutes, with a range of seven to 64 minutes. 99. Ninety-one percent of patients waited less than one month between scheduling and under- going surgery. 100. Ninety-seven percent of patients scheduled their lower back injections within a "reasonable" period of time. 101. Eighty-eight percent of patients returned to daily activities aer undergoing low back injec- tions. 102. Seventy-six percent of patients reported less pain aer the low back injections. Spine 103. Total cost of eight nursing hours per patient, factoring in multiple staff in room — $300 to $350. 18 104. Average implant costs — $5,000. 105. Average annual number of surgeries — 300 to 350.

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