Summary: The use of medical scribes to handle computer-related tasks is rapidly growing in medicine. Should pain management and anesthesia practitioners use scribes? We explore the arguments for and against this growing trend. Though a recent Mayo Clinic survey of 5,400 physicians shows burnout has dropped slightly and satisfaction with...
It has never been more important for anesthesia practices to demonstrate the quality of their care. We review some of the key ingredients of an effective anesthesia quality program from a presentation at PRACTICE MANAGEMENT™ 2019 and will explore quality measure selection and definition in a future eAlert.The need for anesthesia departments to sho...
Although the majority of hospital-based ABC clients have implemented an electronic medical record, or plan to implement one in the near future, many of our ambulatory surgery center clients have been slower to move from paper to a digital platform. However, the transition is an inevitability for all practices. We review the essentials of a success...
Will Latham, MBA President, Latham Consulting Group, Inc., Chattanooga, TN 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...
Very few private anesthesia practices provide services in their hospitals' intensive care units (ICUs). The lack of enthusiasm for staffing the ICU relates directly to a perception that ICU coverage is not as profitable as operating room (OR) coverage. The entire Anesthesia Business Consultants client database only yields a few examples of private ...