Patient safety

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

May 19, 2026

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9 min read

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

Incomplete pre-op workflows are the leading cause of same-day cancellations at independent ASCs, and the research shows one workflow change cuts avoidable cancellations by 50%. The problem is not the patient. It is the system built around the wrong word.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

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The Consolidation Threat No One Is Talking About at Your Tuesday Morning Huddle

Apr 28, 2026

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11 min read

The Consolidation Threat No One Is Talking About at Your Tuesday Morning Huddle

Someone is already looking at your independent ASC. The centers that survive this wave are not the strongest ones; they are the ones that built their operational story before anyone asked to see it.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

Apr 14, 2026

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16 min read

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

One of them causes life-threatening DKA when blood sugar looks completely normal. All three are sitting on your patients' medication lists right now, uncaptured, because your intake form is asking the wrong question.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

Apr 7, 2026

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17 min read

The Prior Authorization Trap

How AI-driven denial systems are targeting South Florida ASCs in 2026, and the five workflow moves that change the math in your favor.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

CMS just added 271 new procedures to your ASC. Is your pre-op ready?

Mar 31, 2026

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10 min read

CMS just added 271 new procedures to your ASC. Is your pre-op ready?

Higher acuity cases are coming through your door. Your current intake process was not built for this.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

The pre-op call your nurses are making wrong (and how to fix it in 4 minutes)

Mar 10, 2026

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9 min read

The pre-op call your nurses are making wrong (and how to fix it in 4 minutes)

Most ASCs treat the pre-op call as a reminder. The best ones treat it as a clinical intervention. Here's the difference.

Yetsenia Tyson

Patient safety

Your Patient Is Dressed and Ready. Your Pre-Op System Is Not.

The Consolidation Threat No One Is Talking About at Your Tuesday Morning Huddle

Three Medication Classes Your Pre-Op Intake Is Missing

The Prior Authorization Trap

CMS just added 271 new procedures to your ASC. Is your pre-op ready?

The pre-op call your nurses are making wrong (and how to fix it in 4 minutes)

OR Edge Morning Report