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Top 4 Ways to Appreciate Your Surgical Coordinators

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When isn’t it a great time to show some employee appreciation — surgical coordinators specifically? From our perspective, surgical coordinators have a unique role that helps keep every practice running and patients happy. Listen, Build Trust, and Encourage Innovation Set time aside to listen to your surgical coordinators.

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Let’s Make Surgical Coordinators Day A Thing

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In the very busy world of healthcare administration, a silent force works tirelessly behind the scenes, orchestrating the intricacies of surgical procedures: Surgical Coordinators (who may also go by the titles of medical assistants, administrative assistants, or medical receptionists).

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Your Ultimate Guide to Surgery Cancellation Policies

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But just like in any epic movie, there’s a plot twist waiting to unfold – a surgery gets canceled. But the show must go on – the surgery cancellation policy and protocol ensure that everyone is notified, the block time doesn’t go to waste, and rescheduling starts immediately. Why Have a Surgery Cancellation Policy?

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OR Essentials: Why Your Practice Needs Digital Preference Cards for Surgery

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Now, contrast this with a scenario where the surgery is delayed because the OR ran out of medium gloves just one hour ago. What’s Included In a Surgical Preference Card? The surgery was canceled before it event started. The patient, doctor, and surgical coordinator aren’t too happy. Who Uses Preference Cards?

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Surgimate Wrapped: 2023 By the Numbers 

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At Surgimate, we’re thankful for our peers, customers, and surgical coordinators across the globe. More than 600,000 surgeries were created using the Surgimate Platform. We created, promoted, and started the very first Surgical Coordinators Day in 2023, getting over 250 supporters and growing.

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Athenahealth’s Remarkable Interoperability: The Key to Efficient Surgical Scheduling

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Athenahealth for Exceptional Surgical Scheduling A surgical order from athenahealth is sent to Surgimate which fills in all the critical information. Above and Beyond Pre-Surgery Coordination Athenahealth and Surgimate’s synergy goes beyond scheduling surgery.

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Hard Conversations: What Is the Best Approach to Handling Patient Cancellations

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In the hustle and bustle of modern life, the unexpected can throw a wrench into even the most carefully laid plans — including scheduled surgery procedures. however, still results in a reschedule, cancellation, or a patient simply not showing up to their surgery. All of these reasons.