Full Description
As surgical care increasingly shifts to ambulatory centers for minimal and moderate risk patients, the complexity of patient populations continues to increase in hospitals. It is therefore critical for anesthesiologists to fully understand their role outside of direct patient care, to contribute in a positive manner to maximize perioperative efficiency and safety.
This professional book guides both practicing and prospective anesthesiologists who wish to understand all of the various roles that perioperative physicians play outside of direct surgical time. This includes such aspects of patient care as preoperative optimization with protocols, implementation of rules and regulations guiding equipment and medication handling in the operating room, and management of postoperative pain services. Chapters offer an extensive discussion of the role of anesthesiologists/perioperative physicians in quality improvement and perioperative efficiency, reviewing critical topics like surgical site infections, surgical schedule optimization and interdisciplinary education.
Timely and practical, this book demonstrates the important role anesthesiologists play as perioperative physicians improving bedsice patient care and value throughout the hospital.
Contents
Physician Leadership, Anesthesiology's Rise, and Modern Economic Value.- Perioperative Economics: Aligning Efficiency, Quality, and Value in Modern Healthcare.- Anesthesia and Preoperative Testing: A Modern Perspective.- Optimizing Surgical Readiness: Inpatient vs Outpatient Preoperative Evaluation Models.- Preoperative Optimization and Risk Reduction: A Systems-Based Role for Anesthesiologists.- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Accelerating Recovery and Transforming Perioperative Care.- The Science of OR Scheduling: Metrics, Governance, and Staffing.- Perioperative Management of the Surgical Service Line.- Protocol management for emergencies by anesthesiologists.- Perioperative Blood Management: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Safer Transfusion Practices.- Surgical site infection prophylaxis in anesthesiology.- Venous thromboembolism prevention: the role of anesthesiologists.- Supply Chain and Fundamentals of Procuring Anesthesia Supplies.- Medication and Formulary Management: the hidden value of anesthesiologists.- The Post-Anesthesia Care Unit: Clinical Stewardship, Systems Leadership, and the Expanding Role of the Anesthesiologist.- Adverse Event Analysis: The role of the Perioperative Clinician.- Acute Pain Services: Clinical Impact, Cost Efficiency, and Hospital Value.- Crisis Medicine: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Airway, Trauma, and Emergency Preparedness.- Sedation Governance: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Oversight and Credentialing.- Non-operating room anesthesia oversight and management.- Electronic Health Records and Anesthesia Information Management Services.- Quality Management and the Anesthesiologist's Role in Advancing Perioperative Excellence.- At the Crossroads of Safety: The Anesthesiologist's Leadership in Preventing Harm.- The Anesthesiologist as Intensivist: Integrating Perioperative and Critical Care Medicine.- Peripartum Excellence: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Quality, Safety, and Equity of Maternal Care.- Risk Management, Medico-Legal Considerations and the Role of the Anesthesiologist.- Foundation of Revenue Cycle Management Excellence for Today's Anesthesia Practices.- Training the Next Generation: Education, Workforce Development, and the Future of Anesthesiology.- Accountable Care Organizations: Integrating Anesthesiology into Value-Based Care.- Advancing Research in Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive Review.- Consulting in Perioperative and Anesthesiology Services: Optimizing Operations, Strategy, and Value.- Advocacy in Action: The Anesthesiologist's Role in Shaping Healthcare Policy and Patient Safety.- Practice Guidelines and Best Practices in Perioperative Care.- Professional Citizenship: How Anesthesiologists Advance Medicine Through Society Engagement.- The Hidden Economy of Anesthesiology: Unpaid Work That Sustains Healthcare.- Redesigning Perioperative Care Through Telemedicine and Data Integration.- After the RFP: Building Sustainable Partnerships Between Anesthesia Practices and Hospitals.- Anesthesiologists in Hospital Leadership: Bridging the Gap with Regulatory and Accrediting Organizations.- Anesthesiology and Artificial Intelligence: Leading the Next Transformation in Perioperative Medicine.
