Ambulatory Health Care Essay

It is highly important to have ambulatory surgical care setting that can cost less for patients due to a lesser length of stay in hospital. However, it is equally important to maintain the quality as well as emergency needs for the facility. If I were the manager of an organization with outpatient surgical unit I would implement three things to improve the experience of patients. Firstly, the organization should be established nearer to a hospital-based health care provision which can be approached in case of any emergency that happen while performing surgeries. Secondly, introducing a centrally computerized Electronic Medical Records (EMR) to prevent and reduce the medical errors. Thirdly, the institution should encourage the surgeons

National Patient Safety and Goals (NPSGs) are a set of goals that are recommended to implement in an outpatient surgery center to avoid the risks that can occur during the surgeries at a center where there is no availability of emergency departments. These goals include identifying correct patient that needs to be operated by consulting patients and their families. Goals intended to gather complete information about patient allergies and past medical history by proper communication. Goals that are aimed to improve patient safety during a surgical procedure by sticking to policies while sedating the patient, allowing the duties of physician, anesthetist and nurses to perform accordingly. Goals to reduce the risk of nosocomial or hospital acquired infections by using guidelines of hand hygiene and educating the patient as well as their families to follow them. Goals intended in medical settlement and compare the present and newly introduced medicines to the coming provider. Following Universal protocol and using perioperative checklist, should be mandatory when involving any of the invasive and surgical procedures (Guinane & Davis,