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Author: Paul A. Lefebvre, JD Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 38 Issue 1 INTRODUCTION With advancements in minimally invasive procedures and a desire to meet the needs of an ever-changing patient population, anesthesia professionals are increasingly asked to provide services outside the traditional operating room environment.1,2 Our medical professional liability company is actively monitoring claim frequency […]
Read MoreAuthor: L. JOSEPH PARKER, MD KevinMD.com The call came in during a busy workday. My comprehensive primary care clinic had been built over a decade of hard work and had a general practice clinic staffed by a very capable former surgeon and several nurse practitioners, as well as a pain management program and an addiction […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Tooba, Rubabin MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(4):p 906-916, October 2023. BACKGROUND: Advance directives documentation can increase the likelihood that patient’s wishes are respected if they become incapacitated. Unfortunately, completion rates are suboptimal overall, and disparities may exist, especially for vulnerable groups. We assessed whether implementing an initiative to standardize advance directives discussions during […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Zanolli, Nicole C. BA et al Anesthesia & Analgesia 137(2):p 256-266, August 2023. BACKGROUND: Optimizing analgesia after cesarean delivery is essential to quality of patient recovery. The American Society of Anesthesiologists and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology recommend multimodal analgesia (MMA). However, little is known about clinical implementation of these guidelines after cesarean […]
Read MoreAuthors: Holly B. Ende, MD; Jonathan P. Wanderer, MD, MPhil Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Vol 37 Issue 1 The delivery of safe and effective anesthesia care is grounded in the science of quality improvement, which relies on accurate and timely reporting of patient outcomes. In the era of the electronic health record (EHR) and growing […]
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