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

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

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. Work conflicts, family emergencies, or just a bad day can lead patients to no-shows....

December 22, 2023

Your Ultimate Guide to Surgery Cancellation Policies

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Your Ultimate Guide to Surgery Cancellation Policies

Cue the dramatic music and imagine the scene: A bustling surgical practice filled with anticipation, a cast of skilled professionals, and patients ready to take center stage. But just like in any epic movie, there’s a plot twist waiting to...

December 8, 2023

How To Improve Block Utilization For Surgical Practices

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How To Improve Block Utilization For Surgical Practices

Surgery accounts for around one-third of all healthcare spending, making time in the OR the main profit driver of every surgical center or hospital. But spending time in the OR does not come cheap. While each hospital or clinic has...

August 30, 2022

How to Handle Patient Reluctance to Scheduling Surgeries

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How to Handle Patient Reluctance to Scheduling Surgeries

Did you know that surgeries account for almost 40% of a practice’s revenue? Despite this, the percentage of patients who come through the door and who actually require surgery is relatively small. That’s because surgery is often a last-resort treatment....

May 25, 2022

10 Tips to Improve the Surgery Scheduling Process

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10 Tips to Improve the Surgery Scheduling Process

With over 10 years of experience helping hundreds of practices improve their surgery scheduling workflow, maximize revenue and enhance patient experience, we’ve learned many of the best efficiency tricks of the trade. We’re thrilled to share our findings with you....

August 11, 2021

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How to Organize Surgery Scheduling

Remember the personality tests you completed in high school, to get to know yourself better? It was always a challenge to select the true choice, as opposed to the option that would result in the character description we’d love to...

July 26, 2021

How Surgimate Automates Communication With Equipment Reps

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How Surgimate Automates Communication With Equipment Reps

How many times have you received that dreaded phone call — a surgery has to be canceled simply because the necessary equipment is not in the right place at the right time? Aside from the undue stress caused to the...

May 25, 2021

How Our Clients Benefited From Using Surgimate Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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How Our Clients Benefited From Using Surgimate Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic wreaked all kinds of havoc on almost every aspect of our lives. In a period of tremendous uncertainty and ongoing lockdowns and quarantines, many surgical practices were suddenly forced to postpone or cancel surgeries. Patients fearing the...

April 21, 2021

How to Encourage Patients to Have Surgery During COVID-19

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How to Encourage Patients to Have Surgery During COVID-19

As many states across the country have opened up, and the “new normal” becomes just “normal,” the number of elective surgeries taking place remains lower than the average pre-COVID-19. Despite assumptions that patients would be banging down the doors to...

July 15, 2020

How to Plan For the Surgical Backlog When A Pandemic Ends

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How to Plan For the Surgical Backlog When A Pandemic Ends

No one knows when a pandemic will be over. Early predictions for COVID-19 ranged from the hopeful (one-to-two months) to the unimaginable (12-18 months, or longer). The truth is, no one knows when a pandemic will end or what the...

April 22, 2020

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Category: For Surgical Coordinators

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

Your Ultimate Guide to Surgery Cancellation Policies

How To Improve Block Utilization For Surgical Practices

How to Handle Patient Reluctance to Scheduling Surgeries

10 Tips to Improve the Surgery Scheduling Process

How to Organize Surgery Scheduling

How Surgimate Automates Communication With Equipment Reps

How Our Clients Benefited From Using Surgimate Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic

How to Encourage Patients to Have Surgery During COVID-19

How to Plan For the Surgical Backlog When A Pandemic Ends

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