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

The Anesthesia Consultant

Anesthesiology is a wonderful profession, as I have described in many previous posts on theanesthesiaconsultant.com. But nothing is perfect, and anesthesia has one threat which could in time undermine the entire specialty. Anesthesia providers are at best consultants, and at worst, “worker bees” called upon to provide a service.

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Solving Bloated Costs in Renown Health’s OR

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

Plus, Renown was familiar with another staffing-related challenge that had downstream impacts on efficiency and performance: a lack of coordination between anesthesia and other departments. It was overly reliant on costly travelers, regularly had delays to start the day, and was slow in its room turnovers, among other problems.