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THE ACHILLES’ HEEL OF ANESTHESIOLOGY… WHAT IS THE GREATEST THREAT TO OUR SPECIALTY?

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesia providers, be they physician anesthesiologists or nurse anesthetists, are tasked with providing safe and quality anesthesia care. To hospital administrators and CEOs, anesthesia “worker bees” can be considered an expense or a commodity, somewhat similar to registered nurses, orderlies, surgical technicians, or even janitors.

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Solving Bloated Costs in Renown Health’s OR

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

Each delaywhether at the start or in the middle of the dayimpacted Renowns ability to fully optimize the use of precious resources like OR time, nurse time, and anesthesiologist time. Additionally, our consultant supported establishing an in-house sponsored Surgical Technician training program.