According to fiercehealthcare.com, ambulatory care refers to a wide range of medical services and procedures that are conducted on an outpatient basic. Ambulatory surgery center (ASC), hospital and doctors office are considered outpatient locations. The surgery I decided to talk about was cataract surgery. Cataract surgery is when the eyes cloudy natural lens is removed and replaced with a clear artificial lens implant called IOL or intraocular lens. A patient may be concerned about the risk of the surgery. Cataract surgery, the risks may be infection, bleeding inside the eye, increased pressure inside the eye (glaucoma), swelling of the retina/cornea, retinal detachment and possible loss of partial or complete vision. Another thing the
