Anesthesia Practice Management Blogs
Joint Commission surveys have recently cited the lack of documented anesthesia competencies for immediate use mixing. Immediate use mixing is required for urgent infusion preparations when preparations by pharmacy cannot be available in a timely manner. One may wonder why surveys have focused on this problem. The answer is that USP 797 standards are now…
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The success of any OR requires a solid commitment to teamwork from every member of the perioperative team. When we are asked to help streamline perioperative processes, we often discover a culture of blame-placing and resistance to change. Strong anesthesia leaders make a noticeable difference in establishing and running a solid perioperative infrastructure. The entire…
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Medication and controlled substance management is a core premise of anesthesia care. Even though new technological advancements have made it harder for drug abuse, drug diversion, dosing errors, labeling errors and other issues to become problems, it is still up to anesthesia providers to remain vigilant in preventing medication mismanagement. Understanding the most common issues…
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The delivery of quality anesthesia care involves much more than anesthetizing patients. Anesthesiologists and CRNAs are part of perioperative teams working together to achieve safe, productive and efficient work environments. Effective leadership is critical to the success of an anesthesia department. At CCI Anesthesia, our goal is to develop anesthesia leaders who go above and…
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The purpose of informed consent forms (not to be confused with provider attestation forms) is to ensure the patient clearly understands the risks, benefits, alternatives, risks of alternatives, and, in some form, the likelihood of success. These items are present in the Joint Commission standards, but aside from the standards, the intent of informed consent…
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Medical direction is a common staffing model for anesthesia departments, but is your department in compliance when billing under this model? Although, in essence, medical direction simply means that an anesthesiologist is directing the delivery of anesthesia care from up to four CRNAs, there are actually several stipulations that must be met to ensure compliance.…
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Routine meetings in any department are imperative in order to function as a team and perform at an optimal level. The effective use of meetings is especially important when the department exists within a high-stress, fast-paced environment, as the Anesthesia Department does in the Operating Room (OR). Although the anesthesia service is not technically a…
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The thought of undergoing anesthesia can be incredibly frightening for many people—and understandably so, as many people do not know how the process works. When patients are nervous about anesthesia, the best thing providers can do is spend time explaining the procedure and how the anesthetics work. We strongly encourage our providers to spend as…
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Is your anesthesia subsidy being increased by your anesthesia management group annually? Have you learned that the subsidy you are paying is significantly higher than what other comparable facilities are paying? Do you simply need to reduce expenditures across the board to support your bottom line? There are countless reasons why hospital or facility administrators…
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Data capture, management and analyzation is more important now than ever before in anesthesiology. The introduction of value based reimbursement, increased scrutiny from compliance auditors and pressures to streamline clinical processes necessitate the measurement of clinical and quality productivity. As leaders in anesthesia management, CCI Anesthesia has developed an innovative way to measure these indicators…
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