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fessional speaker and author of the book 8 Keys to Connecting. “Being the employees’ choice will be a result of never diluting standards and training,” he says. “You also want to be so busy with patients to guaran- tee that your staff is never out of work or flexed off.”
Sabo said her staff members wanted to influence their benefits package. “Our staff understands they could make more money by working with a larger organization, but they choose to be here. We have a benefits package tailored to them. We pay 100 percent of the employees’ premiums for a $500 deductible plan. That is what is valu- able to them, and we were able to make it happen.” To hire the best employees, look for people who are both great at their work and really passionate about what
You are absolutely competing for physicians and staff. Without good physicians and staff, you are not going to have patients.”
— Barbara Struthers, RN Rush SurgiCenter
they do, Struthers says. “ We have pro- vided extensive education for staff in terms of job and performance expecta- tions, and we do the same with poten- tial hires.”
Community involvement can also bring positive attention to an ASC, Sabo says. In recognition of its qual- ity health care and dedication to com- munity, her surgery center was named
“business of the month” in November 2015 by the local chamber of com- merce. Local media coverage of that award generated a lot of goodwill in the community. “As part of our mission statement,
we encourage our staff to be involved in the community in which they live and work,” Sabo says. “That lends itself to a certain amount of visibility because when our staff are volunteer- ing on a race or street-side cleanup, and they get to talk to other people in the community about the ASC, it is very positive exposure for the center.”
For Patients
As patients become more involved in deciding where to receive care, put your ASC high on their list by making every patient experience positive, Mur- phy says. “That has to do with basic
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