Mary Ann Cooney, RN (Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center, Columbus, Ohio). Ms. Cooney is the administrator of Riverside Outpatient Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, a multi-specialty facility with six ORs and one minor procedure room. ROSC performed over 6,150 cases in 2009. The specialties at the facility include general surgery, gynecology, hand and upper extremity, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pain management, plastic surgery and urology. The center began as a small physician-owned center and then was acquired by Riverside Methodist Hospital. Currently, ROSC is a joint venture between OhioHealth and the group of physicians. The facility is managed by Health Inventures.
Ms. Cooney began her career in nursing and gained valuable experience in the hospital setting prior to joining the surgery center in 1981 as the administrator. According to Ms. Cooney, the mission of ROSC is to deliver quality, individualized patient/family-centered care in a cost effective manner throughout the preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative phases of the surgical intervention. Ms. Cooney embraces the overall philosophy at ROSC of providing a professional service commitment in partnership with patients, families, and other members of the healthcare team.
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