February 17, 2025- Outpatient care is booming – in fact, more than 80% of surgeries are now performed in outpatient settings, outsourcing these procedures to ambulatory surgery centers. ASCs are highly regulated care facilities that provide outpatient surgery and preventive care for their patients, performing a more focused scope of procedures compared to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. These facilities are creating unique opportunities for physicians to provide high-quality care in a high-value market.
One of the more interesting opportunities for patient care at an ambulatory facility is that the procedures are increasingly becoming specialized. Specialization in an ambulatory setting is when patients receive a specific kind of medical care or surgery at an ASC. As ASCs have recently grown to become the dominant provider of specific surgical procedures in the U.S., many have diversified their services to offer a wider range of surgical specialties and other services, including pain management, diagnostic imaging, and gastroenterology services.
ASCs continue to drive innovations that are transforming the world of outpatient surgery. In order to fully understand how the ambulatory care market is effectively streamlining patient care protocols, we need to look at why these facilities are trending towards specialization and what that specialization means for physicians and patients alike.
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