Authors: Manuel Bonilla, MS; Michael W. Champeau, MD, FAAP, FASA ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 1–5. The federal No Surprises Act (NSA), implemented in 2022, represents an important step forward in protecting patients from surprise medical bills and improving transparency within the health care system. Unfortunately, the NSA’s flawed implementation has revealed significant problems for physicians […]
Read MoreASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 11. Trends WHO advises immediate “kangaroo mother care” for increased survival rates of premature babies Credit: David Ballot for the Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego. Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born premature (before 37 weeks of pregnancy), amounting to more than one in 10 of […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anjelo Anthony, BS; Rohan Hylton, BA; Christine Vo, MD ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 22. Pain management has been an increasing topic of interest, and so too have the disparities in pain care across different cultural and ethnic groups. Despite the concerted efforts to diminish health care disparities, it is apparent that we continue to fall […]
Read MoreAuthors: Katherine A. Lingras, PhD, LP et al ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 15–16. “There’s something much bigger than the business case for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging work. It’s the human case. How good do we want to be with and for each other?” – Aiko Bethea The importance of diversity in health care […]
Read MoreAuthor: Demicha D. Rankin, MD ASA Monitor February 2023, Vol. 87, 21. Like many anesthesiologists, I have the privilege of serving in an academic institution where teaching medical students is a fulfilling aspect of any given day. Normally, the educational domain revolves around the applications of pharmacology, airway management, and pathophysiology. But on this particular day, […]
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