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Francesca Matthews

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Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

To start us off, could you please introduce yourself and tell us a little bit about your background?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Hey, excellent.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

And we'll just jump into some questions here.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

To start off kind of broadly, what are the top three trends that you're following in healthcare and ASCs today?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Okay.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

And what are you most excited about right now?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

That definitely echoes just things I'm hearing over here on the ASC side of things.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Just a little follow-up there.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

I know total joints and cardiology are both specialties or areas that I know a lot of people are looking at as far as expanding service lines.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

I'm wondering, since we're still in the very, like you said, early stages of that, how are you thinking about that right now?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

What are...

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

In these early stages, what can one do to begin to evaluate that and prepare for potentially the expansion of those service lines as they become more widely approved?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Absolutely.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Yeah, I think that, again, just those are questions that I think a lot of leaders are sort of considering right now, kind of still digging into this, you know, this topic of expansion.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

How are you thinking about growth over the next 12 months?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Absolutely.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Is there anything else that I haven't touched on today that you think is really important in this conversation?

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Absolutely.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Well, that is all I have for you today, Kathy.

Becker’s Healthcare -- Spine and Orthopedic Podcast
Kathleen Hickman, RN, BSN, MS, CASC, Administrator and Clinical Director of Dutchess Ambulatory Surgical Center

Thank you so much for joining us.