Author: Robert D’Angelo, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 20-21. Robert D’Angelo, M.D., is Section Head and Vice Chair, Obstetric Anesthesia, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Initiatives in recent decades to improve quality in medicine have and will continue to significantly impact anesthesia practice. In order to assess and improve quality, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Charles J. Chase, D.O. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 18-19. Charles J. Chase, D.O., is Past President, Florida Society of Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiologists of Greater Orlando, a subsidiary of Envision Healthcare. An insidious infectious disease has captured world attention and generated fear in the hearts of all pregnant women. Unless you have been living on […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mark Zakowski, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 14-16. Mark Zakowski, M.D., is Chief of Obstetric Anesthesiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. He is President, California Society of Anesthesiologists, and First Vice President, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology. Patient experience is the new Holy Grail. Just as patient satisfaction became king, scores are […]
Read MoreAuthor: Bronwyn Cooper, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 12-13. Bronwyn Cooper, M.D., is Director of Quality and Patient Safety, University Campus, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Bronwyn Cooper, M.D., is Director of Quality and Patient Safety, University Campus, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts. Anesthesiology has led the patient safety movement […]
Read MoreAuthors: Heather C. Nixon, M.D.; Edward (Ted) Yaghmour, M.D. ASA Monitor 03 2017, Vol.81, 8-9. Heather C. Nixon, M.D., is Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois Hospital and Health Sciences System, Chicago. Edward (Ted) Yaghmour, M.D., is Associate Professor and Director of Scheduling and Development, Northwestern University, The Feinberg School of Medicine, Department of […]
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