The Ottawa Hospital touting benefits of partnership with private group renting operating rooms for joint surgeries
The hospital has been evaluating the pilot program, president and CEO Cameron Love said, and plans to work with AOAO and the province to build a private, standalone surgical centre that would function as The Ottawa Hospital’s “high efficiency” orthopedic centre for patients requiring day surgery.
The Ottawa Hospital says it has seen a 20-per-cent increase in surgical productivity since the private orthopedic group called Academic Orthopaedic Surgical Associates of Ottawa (AOAO) began renting operating rooms on Saturdays to perform hip and knee surgeries. Read More