The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 6, 2017

The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines private practice as: “a professional business (such as that of a lawyer or doctor) that is not controlled or paid for by the government or a larger company (such as a hospital).” In my community the dentists are all in private practice, as are most of the accountants, psychologists, and attorneys.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JANUARY 2, 2016

I’m writing this from the perspective of a busy clinician who has worked as an anesthesiologist in California in both private practice and at a major university hospital for over 30 years. Hospital systems will have increased incentives to perform anesthetics with cheaper labor.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 28, 2016

An operating room anesthesia practice is somewhat akin to being a taxi cab driver. The Veterans Affairs hospitals are currently pondering a move to allow CRNAs to practice independently without any physician anesthesiologist present. What specific factors determine how high the anesthesiologist’s salary will be?

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EARN Cares

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Some hospitals require 1-2 years of ICU or Critical Care experience in order to be hired. Operating Room, Perioperative or Surgical Services Resume Example Operating Room Registered Nurses (OR RNs) can be named by various nursing job titles including surgical services registered nurses and/or perioperative registered nurses.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JUNE 6, 2025

Who is the Captain of the Ship in the operating room, the surgeon or the anesthesiologist? The Captain of the Ship doctrine was a 20 th century legal doctrine which held that, in an operating room, the surgeon was “liable for all actions conducted in the course of the operation.”

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2021

Anesthesiologists could chat with the surgeons and/or nurses, make an occasional phone call, and at times read materials they brought with them into the operating room. Every hospital operating room is equipped with a computer connected to the internet. Love it or hate it, the EMR is here to stay.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

MAY 2, 2023

The Barnes Jewish Hospital, Washington University, St. Louis Imagine this: You’re an anesthesiologist in the operating room at a busy hospital. Anesthesiologists at Barnes Jewish Hospital at Washington University in St. What do you do? How do you feel about all this?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

A typical hospital will have dozens of other anesthesia providers working in the same building. In an anesthesia care team, a physician anesthesiologist supervises up to four operating rooms and each operating room is staffed with a certified registered nurse anesthetist (CRNA). at a community hospital.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 26, 2015

This network of patients will serve to keep their clinics and hospitals full and profitable. In the operating rooms, the patients are brought in by the surgeons. In their operating room role they more resemble the niche of a surgeon than that of an anesthetist.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

JULY 12, 2017

This is what the anesthesia experience is like for most patients: You show up for surgery, and some anesthesia professional you’ve never met or talked to appears 10 minutes before you are to be wheeled into the operating room. Did the MDs train at reputable universities, or were they trained at hospitals you’ve never heard of?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

THE JULY EFFECT AND THE NOVEMBER EFFECT: In American teaching hospitals, newly minted doctors begin internships each July. The term “July Effect” was coined to describe this shift change in academic hospitals each July, when the arrival of inexperienced doctors may increase the risks of medical care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 7, 2017

Anesthesiologists work in operating rooms and intensive care units—acute care settings which demand vigilance, steady hands, and quick thinking. These arenas will be: 1) diagnosis of images, 2) clinics, and 3) operating rooms/intensive care units. What will an AIM robot doctor look like?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 21, 2015

3) Physicians from a Thai teaching hospital reviewed 44,339 emergency surgery patients from 2003 to 2011, and found the incidence of perioperative cardiac arrest in emergency surgery was 163 per 10,000 cases. A 9-year survey in a Brazilian tertiary teaching hospital. Anesthesiologists will continue to be challenged. References: 1.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

OCTOBER 8, 2019

In contrast, other operating room professionals are usually relaxed and winding down at this time, because the surgical procedure is finished. She walked out of the hospital two days later. If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising?

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The Anesthesia Consultant

AUGUST 16, 2018

He walked out the hospital alive and well. When a bad outcome like this occurs in a hospital or surgery center, a facility’s Quality Assurance Committee examines the details of the case—not to assign blame—but to identify flaws in patient care systems which must be improved in the future.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

APRIL 8, 2025

The notion of C-A-B, short for Chest Compressions-Airway-Breathingin that orderis pertinent for Basic Life Support responders in out of hospital cardiac arrest, but has no place in the operating room. Wake up patients in the operating room, and extubate them awake. The endotracheal tube is your friend.

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Due to increasing commercial velocity in the US and EU hospital markets, and expansion into new geographies and industry verticals, the company was recognized with multiple industry awards including selection to the Fierce 15 most innovative companies and the 2024 German AI prize.

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Caresyntax

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Due to increasing commercial velocity in the US and EU hospital markets, and expansion into new geographies and industry verticals, the company was recognized with multiple industry awards including selection to the Fierce 15 most innovative companies and the 2024 German AI prize.

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SpecialtyCare

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

A Surgical Physician Assistant (PA) is a licensed healthcare professional who works under the supervision of a surgeon to assist in surgeries and provide perioperative patient care. These professionals handle a variety of tasks, including performing preoperative assessments, assisting in the operating room, and managing postoperative care.

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The Anesthesia Consultant

NOVEMBER 12, 2015

It was Johnny’s first day of school and my first day to report to the local hospital. I needed to be at Hibbing General Hospital before 7:30. The hospital was a three-block hike from Dom’s house, so it made sense to leave the battered BMW on the curb and walk to Hibbing General. The kitchen was quiet as a library.

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