14 Oct Vantage Surgery Center Featured in AORN Outpatient Surgery Magazine: Surgical Symphony
Vantage Surgery Center’s well-honed efficiency, experience and collaborative culture keep its orthopedic service lines flowing … and growing.
On a sun-splashed June morning, Outpatient Surgery Magazine Editor-in-Chief Jared Bilski and I, along with our photographer for the day, Manager of Audience Engagement & Digital Media David Comdico, pulled up to Vantage Surgery Center in Moorestown, N.J. Strategically situated amid the vast suburban South Jersey sprawl of the Philadelphia area, parking at Vantage was, not surprisingly, ample and free of charge. Patients entering the ASC face no substantial challenges accessing the surgery center’s ground (and only) floor.
That’s important because, every Monday through Friday, many of Vantage’s patients arrive for outpatient surgery with mobility issues. The orthopedic ASC, a 51-49 joint venture between Virtua Health and its physician-owners, performs a lot of robotic-assisted total joints, spine and a large amount of sports medicine procedures in three of its four ORs (a smaller OR is reserved for hand, wrist, foot, ankle and pain management procedures).
Entering the facility, the vibe is more “upscale hangout” than cold, sterile medical facility. The naturally lit lobby and waiting area is large, comfortable and calming.
The facility, which opened in 2019 to replace a smaller two-OR location, still looks brand-new and spotless, from the public areas to, as we soon found, the perioperative core. Even the locker room where we donned scrubs for a backstage tour was clean enough to eat a meal off the floor.
Consistent vision, high standards
Upon arrival, we were greeted by the two people who make this center go on the daily: Director of Nursing Patricia MacMaster, RN, BSN, and Administrator Kathy Pritchard, RN, CASC.
Entering Ms. Pritchard’s office, we were met with our only indication of clutter — a byproduct of the seemingly unending stream of tasks that flows her way.
“I start each week with about 20 Post-its,” she says, pointing at a wall of yellow sticky notes and then more on her desk. “This was last week, and that’s how many are still on my desk from last week. I’m almost there.”