Authors: Grace Lim, MD, MS et al ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 30–42. Quality has and continues to be a major focus of anesthesia care. Efforts to improve quality of care, optimize clinical outcomes, and transition goals of care to “value” based on quality and cost have received major emphasis over the past decade as […]
Read MoreAuthors: Eleanor M. Perfetto, PhD, MS; Paul Pomerantz, FACHE ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 27–29. In recent years, we have seen significant shifts in policy, payment, technology, and demographics that are transforming medicine and health care. In our view, none of these changes have been more profound than the increasing influence of the patient’s perspective […]
Read MoreAuthors: Emily Methangkool, MD, MPH et al ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 32–34. Anesthesiology as a specialty has been acknowledged for advancing quality of care, as documented by the 1999 Institute of Medicine publication To Err is Human. While the publication brought medical errors and preventable complications and deaths to the attention of providers […]
Read MoreAuthor: Tony Mira F1rstNews Summary: The anesthesia specialty is critical to America’s overall healthcare system. However, according to a newly released study, the nation is facing a growing dearth of anesthesia providers. The hot topic of the day is the shortage in anesthesia manpower. Not since the 1990s with the publication of the Abt Corporation […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael A. Gropper, MD, PhD ASA Monitor October 2021, Vol. 85, 21–23 While it is impossible to predict the future of anesthesiology, we can learn much from current trends in perioperative care. Advances in technology are only part of the future. Perhaps more important than technology has been the recognition that all of our […]
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