Adaptive Preoperative Questionnaires: How to Collect Better Patient Information With Fewer Questions
Adaptive preoperative questionnaires use conditional logic to show follow-up questions based on a patient’s earlier answers. They combine essential core questions with more detailed sections when relevant, helping surgical teams collect information…
Why Patients Abandon Digital Preoperative Intake and How ASCs Can Improve Completion Rates
Digital preoperative intake should make preparation easier for patients and ambulatory surgery center staff. Patients can provide their health history from home, while clinical teams receive the information they need before the procedure date. Yet…
What Is AI-Assisted Medication Scanning and How Can It Improve Preoperative Intake?
AI-assisted medication scanning is a digital capability that helps patients document their medications during preoperative intake with less manual entry. Instead of relying entirely on patients to type every medication detail, the technology assists…
ASC Admission Criteria: How to Standardize Patient Selection Before Surgery
ASC admission criteria are facility-specific guidelines that help ambulatory surgery centers determine whether a patient and planned procedure are appropriate for their setting. The criteria may identify which patients can proceed through the…
Preoperative Workflow KPIs Every ASC Should Measure
While there are many Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs) can use to track their success, here are seven KPIs specifically focused on improving preoperative workflows: Patient intake completion rate Clinical…
What Is Perioperative Workflow Automation?
Perioperative workflow automation uses connected technology to coordinate the clinical, administrative, financial, and communication tasks that occur before, during, and after a surgical procedure. Instead of asking staff to manage every step…
What Should Be Included in a Modern Preoperative Patient Assessment?
A modern preoperative patient assessment is the structured process of determining whether a patient can safely undergo anesthesia and surgery, identifying modifiable risks, and developing a perioperative plan that supports recovery. Preoperative…
How Surgery Centers Can Improve Patient Readiness Before Procedures
Surgery centers succeed when patients arrive on the day of a procedure informed, prepared, and medically optimized. Yet “ready” can mean different things across clinical teams, schedulers, and billing staff. A patient may be clinically cleared but…
The Biggest Preoperative Documentation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them
Preoperative documentation is the quiet foundation beneath a safe surgery. It captures the patient’s current condition, the anesthesia and procedure plan, the discussed risk, and the readiness checks that must happen before anyone enters the…
How Better Pre-Surgery Communication Improves Patient Outcomes and Satisfaction
Better pre-surgery communication is one of the most practical ways a healthcare organization can improve patient outcomes, reduce avoidable day-of-surgery disruptions, and increase overall satisfaction. Long before a patient arrives at a surgical…
How AI Is Improving Surgical Patient Preparation and Preoperative Readiness
Surgical patient preparation is no longer a single preoperative appointment and a packet of printed instructions. Today, readiness is a coordinated process that spans scheduling, insurance and financial clearance, clinical history capture,…
One Mnet Health Names Matt Ellis Chief Revenue Officer to Lead Next Phase of Growth
ALISO VIEJO, CA – One Mnet Health, a leading healthcare technology and patient billing company that serves hospitals, ASCs, and other providers nationwide, today announced that Matt Ellis has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer. Ellis will…
How Technology Helps Pre-Op Nurses Save Time Without Sacrificing Patient Safety
Pre-op nurses sit at the intersection of speed and safety. Every surgical day brings a steady flow of phone calls, chart reviews, patient questions, missing labs, last-minute medication clarifications, and time-sensitive handoffs. The pace can feel…
The Most Common Causes of Delays in Ambulatory Surgery Centers
Delays in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are rarely caused by a single breakdown. They tend to emerge from small mismatches between schedule assumptions and real-world conditions: a patient arrives late because they misunderstood fasting…
One Mnet Health Partners with Eye Cloud Pro to Help Optometry Practices Recover More Revenue
One Mnet Health is partnering with Eye Cloud Pro to bring over 20 years of patient-centric collection experience directly into the Eye Cloud Pro platform. Most practices carry more unpaid balances than they’d like to admit. Staff are stretched…
How One Mnet Health Delivers a Modern Successful Patient Experience
The patient’s timeline of care covers every step that a patient takes from the time their procedure is scheduled to the moment they make their final payment. Within this timeline, facilities typically utilize 5-7 different vendors ranging from…
How Surgery Centers Identify High-Risk Patients Before the Day of Surgery
Ambulatory surgery has expanded what can be done safely outside the hospital, but the margin for error is smaller when patients go home the same day. That is why surgery centers put significant effort into identifying high-risk patients well before…
What Is Digital Preoperative Patient Intake?
Digital preoperative patient intake is becoming a foundational capability for surgical practices and hospitals in the USA as expectations rise for speed, accuracy, transparency, and patient-centered care. Before a patient arrives for surgery, teams…
ASC Software: Essential Features You Can't Afford to Overlook in 2026
The right ASC software does more than digitize paperwork. It shortens the path between scheduling a case and collecting payment, gives clinical teams better information at every step, and keeps the OR running on time. Choosing well in 2026 means…
Why Surgeries Get Cancelled at the Last Minute and How Preoperative Intelligence Helps Prevent It
Same-day surgical cancellations are one of the most disruptive events in perioperative care. A case that drops off the board within hours, or minutes, of incision time wastes scarce operating room capacity, frustrates clinicians, and creates…