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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. In the operating rooms, the patients are brought in by the surgeons. What is this threat?

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Solving Bloated Costs in Renown Health’s OR

Sullivan Healthcare Consulting

It was overly reliant on costly travelers, regularly had delays to start the day, and was slow in its room turnovers, among other problems. 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.