On November 2, BWH opened new operating room space at New England Surgicare, a free-standing ambulatory surgical center. Through a unique partnership, BWH and NESC will assist each other in delivering expanded patient care. BWH will achieve its goal of decompressing its main operating rooms, while in turn supporting an increased caseload at NESC, helping them to fully utilize their capacity. Through the NESC agreement, BWH physicians will have access to the equivalent of 80 operating hours per week. BWH at NESC will be targeted for low acuity, day surgical procedures that are currently conducted at BWH. These include: general; orthopedic; otolaryngology, gynecologic and plastic surgery.