Despite some potential pitfalls, health information technology can be used to improve anesthesia quality in a multitude of ways. In a follow-up to last week's eAlert, we provide additional examples from a presentation on the use of HIT in anesthesia at PRACTICE MANAGEMENT™ 2019.In last week's eAlert, we discussed some of the ways that health inform...

There is a lot of talk in anesthesia and all of medicine and healthcare today about providing value.These discussions primarily focus on providing value to important constituents (such as a hospital) so that the anesthesia group can continue to work with the institution. But anesthesia groups work with a variety of stakeholders, and each of these s...

Summary: Anesthesia practices interested in adding chronic pain management to their services should think carefully about the keys to long-term viability: clinicians who are fellowship trained; a market with a sufficient number of patients with conditions that would benefit from interventional care; in a crowded market, unique clinical offerings th...

"Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. -Tim FerrisAnesthesia groups are facing great challenges in today's environment. I am sure you are aware of these various challenges so I won't belabor them.The question is: What do we do now?Some groups are throwing in the towel and selling out. It seems as though every few weeks another indep...

Summary: Social media can be a powerful tool to help you reach your professional goals, whatever they may be. We provide an overview of a presentation by Marjorie Stiegler, MD, on digital strategy for physicians at ANESTHESIOLOGY® 2018.In 2013, 350 people on Twitter generated 220,000 "impressions" related to the ASA scientific meeting using the eve...