Patient and Visitor Information
The Abington Surgical Center is designed for patients requiring outpatient surgery. These pages tell you about the Center and answers many of the questions you may have about outpatient surgery.
Please review these page carefully. It is important that you, your surgeon and the Center's staff work together to make your experience at the Abington Surgical Center as pleasant as possible.
Patient Responsibilities
- Provide the physician (s) and staff involved in your care with complete and accurate information regarding past and present health issues, medications and treatments.
- Be considerate and respectful to the ASC personnel and other patients. Visitors should be considerate as well, particularly in patient care areas, and refrain from making excessive noise.
- Follow preoperative instructions regarding time of arrival, and diet and medication restrictions.
- Provide insurance information necessary for processing the ASC bill and also to plan for payment of the health care bills as soon as possible
- Keep appointments with us. When it is not possible to keep your appointment, ASC needs to know as soon as possible, so that we can adjust our schedule appropriately.
- Assume responsibility for your discharge by arranging adult family member or adult friend support at the time of your discharge.