Written by Laura Miller
Patient experience and satisfaction is incredibly important in healthcare today, and some orthopedic surgeons are going to great lengths to make their practice more convenient and accessible to patients.
Orthopedic surgeons at Allentown, Pa.-based Coordinated Health will now schedule elective orthopedic surgeries on Saturdays to better serve patients who are busy during the week or those who have sports injuries on the weekend. Currently, Coordinated Health surgeons are the only orthopedists in the region offering weekend hours, but others may not be far behind.
Patients are dealing with several converging factors that could make access to orthopedic care difficult:
• Higher deductibles
• Inability to miss work
• Lack of specialists in the emergency room
