Marshfield Clinic Expanding Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Tuesday, June 9th, 2015 -- 8:23 AM
-Marshfield Clinic is expanding its Ambulatory Surgery Centers in Eau Claire, Marshfield, Minocqua and Wausau to include post-surgery patient comfort and recovery suites.These new post-surgery areas have a small number of beds in private suites that provide patients with 24-hour access to care and medical staff, including physicians and nurses. Patients will recover in the comfort and recovery suites following surgery and other procedures completed in an ASC.
This approach will allow the Clinic to provide high quality outpatient surgeries, currently performed in a hospital setting at a considerably higher cost. It's estimated such a transition of hospital-based surgeries to an outpatient setting will translate to lower costs; decrease risk for infection and falls; and a superior experience for the patient.
Work has begun in Eau Claire, remodeling underway in Marshfield with construction at the other sites to begin soon. All four locations are expected to open to patients within the next year. The Clinic is looking to contract with a third party to operate the facilities but details have not yet been finalized. Also, the Clinic will add about 160 positions across the four locations to provide patient care, from registered nurses and other patient care personnel to support staff.
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