ASCA NEWS
Attend ASCA’s October Webinars ASCA will offer two webinars this month: “Protect Your Patients with a Comprehensive Surgical Instrument Safety Program” on Tuesday, October 10, and “Preparing for Electronic Health Records: What You Need to Consider When Preparing to Make the Change from Paper to an Electronic Workflow” on Tuesday, October 24. Both programs will be held at 1:00 pm ET.
During the first program, Health- care CS Solutions Principal Ray Taurasi will examine the criteria and resources necessary to develop and implement an effective sterile process- ing quality assurance program. Join this webinar to help ensure that the medical devices and surgical instru- ments your ASC reprocesses are clean, sterile and safe for patient care. Two weeks later, United Surgical
Partners International (USPI) Vice Pres- ident and Chief Medical Information Officer Cindy Klein will discuss how
to successfully transition from paper to electronic health records. She will exam- ine the importance of hardware selection, describe the roles of people and process management in automation planning and provide practical strategies and check- lists you can implement in your ASC. Visit
www.ascassociation.org/webinars
to register or learn more. Both webinars are included in the 2017 Webinar All- Access Pass, which includes the record- ings and live events for all 17 webinars.
Register for ASCA’s 2018 Winter Seminars Join ASCA January 11–13 in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 2018 Winter Seminars. Choose to attend one of three specialized programs: “Coding Update & Reim- bursement Strategies,” “Minimizing Your Regulatory & Legal Risk” and— new this year—“Infection Control & Prevention Techniques for ASCs.” The seminars were designed specifically for administrators, coders, infection preven-
tionists and other leaders in your ASC. The seminars will run concurrently and attendees can attend sessions from the other seminars at no additional cost. To learn more and reserve your spot, visit
www.ascassociation.org/ 2018winterseminars. Register by Dec- ember 15 to take advantage of the early bird discount.
Save Time and Money with the ASCA Asset Network If your ASC is looking to buy or sell health care supplies or equipment, take advantage of the ASCA Asset Network. ASCA has partnered with Healthcare Asset Network of Prospect, Kentucky, to provide this secure online platform, which features a streamlined, vetted mar- ketplace where members can buy and sell new and refurbished ASC equipment, inventory and supplies. The ASCA Asset Network also offers a proprietary seller protection program that allows you to buy and sell with confidence, an optional dedicated buyer program to help elimi- nate time-intensive purchasing tasks and a mobile app that enables you to quickly upload items you are ready to sell. There is no cost for ASCA mem -
bers to join the ASCA Asset Net - work. To learn more or sign up, visit
www.asc
association.org/asca- asset-network.
Names in the News
Do you have a new hire? Did your company win an award? Or did your management change? You can highlight all your company announcements in the Names in the News section of the ASC Focus web site. This resource is available for free to both ASCA members and nonmembers.
ASCA members will need to be logged in andnonmembers will need to create a “Nonmember Guest Account” to access this free resource.
Please send your announcement to
editorial@ascassociation.org.
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