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February 3, 2022
5 Signs Your Document Management Approach for Surgery Scheduling Is Causing Revenue Loss
Whether you’re a large hospital or a small ASC team, you no doubt have suffered your share of surgery scheduling headaches. Maybe you’re overwhelmed with tedious admin work. Maybe you’re juggling...
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December 20, 2021
How to Avoid the $7100 Surgery Scheduling Mistake
Surgery scheduling is uniquely challenging – emergency cases may arise, surgeons are not always able to predict the surgeries they may need to perform, and the time required for a given surgery can...
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December 13, 2021
Choosing Surgery Scheduling Software: 4 Problems It Should Solve
If you’re responsible for running an operating room, you probably already know that you need surgery scheduling software. You’ve realized that you’re losing time and money by handling your surgery...
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December 1, 2021
Implementing Systems to Track and Measure Surgery Scheduling
Another day at the OR ended with a canceled surgery. Why? The first case didn’t start on time. Patient 2 was set up for surgery on the wrong side. Patient 3 had complications that resulted in a...
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November 2, 2021
6 Communication Problems in Surgery Scheduling and How to Fix Them
Communication is not a “soft skill” for operating rooms. Every surgery has to go through a complex scheduling process that often includes verification, patient consent, strategic timing, room prep,...
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October 22, 2021
Visit CaseCTRL at the 2021 AAOE Annual Conference!
CaseCTRL will be exhibiting at the 2021 American Alliance of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE) Annual Conference in Dallas, TX from October 29-November 1, 2021. Come visit the CaseCTRL team at Booth #318!
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October 21, 2021
Surgery Scheduling: Managing Risk in a High Stakes Game
A lot is at stake when planning procedures in hospital operating rooms (ORs) or ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs.) Poor organization can lead to under-utilization, staff burnout, inefficiencies,...
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September 28, 2021
Your Surgery Scheduler: One of Your Most Overlooked Assets
Have you ever watched a sports team that had all the right players but underachieved? In operating rooms, the surgery scheduler is like the offensive coordinator. The profitability of the hospital or...
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August 2, 2021
How Surgery Scheduling Software Helps Fill Gaps in Block Scheduling
Block scheduling has become the de facto gold standard method of surgery scheduling. Hospitals and ASCs presume that it is the best way to corral the uncertainties of the OR: logistics, patients,...
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July 14, 2021
The 4 Most Common Issues in Surgery Scheduling and How to Overcome Them
Anyone who works in an ambulatory surgery center is familiar with how challenging and frustrating the process of scheduling surgery can be. Often, the surgical scheduling process relies heavily on...