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ASA Monitor September 2022, Vol. 86, 12. Trends Treating precancerous anal lesions reduces risk of cancer in people with HIV A National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study found that the treatment of anal pre-cancerous growths, known as high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSILs), reduces the risk of developing anal cancer in people with HIV by more than […]
Read MoreAuthor: Steven L. Shafer, MD, FASA ASA Monitor September 2022, Vol. 86, 29–30. The following first-person accounts are selected from about 200 such stories I received after asking anesthesiologists to share their experiences with weaponized incident reporting (asamonitor.pub/3Okyc5s). I have not verified these accounts. However, the common thread of the reports I received is that physicians […]
Read MoreAuthors: Anita Honkanen, MD, MS, FAAP et al ASA Monitor September 2022, Vol. 86, 26–27. Members of professional organizations are required to self-monitor and to self-correct their behavior. Among physicians, self-regulation is essential for protecting patients, promulgating physician excellence, and promoting an interdisciplinary, collaborative practice. Professionalism is one of the six core competencies required by the […]
Read MoreAuthors: A. Steven Bradley, MD; Alyssa M. Burgart, MD, MA ASA Monitor September 2022, Vol. 86, 25–26. I was written up for “yelling at staff.” I responded to a code and yelled to the pharmacist to get induction medications, who couldn’t hear me over the din of people who had crowded into the room. The report completely failed […]
Read MoreAuthor: James J. Lamberg, DO, FASA, CPPS ASA Monitor September 2022, Vol. 86, 22–24. Figure: The Just Culture Tool (NPSF September 2016). Clinical peer review is the process whereby medical providers evaluate the quality of their colleagues’ clinical work (World J Gastroenterol 2014;20:6357-63). It may also be referred to as medical peer review, quality review, patient […]
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