Here’s what you should know.
1. Despite anesthesiologists’ expanding role in healthcare, the specialty faces competitive challenges as health system financial and regulatory demands increase, Mr. Mira said.
2. Anesthesia groups should partner with hospitals to develop programs and services, Jerry Ippolito, an ABC consultant, wrote.
“Anesthesiology groups must go into the hospital board room bringing value and presenting opportunities to assist hospitals,” Mr. Ippolito wrote.
3. One such opportunity for anesthesiologists is in the intensive care unit, Mr. Mira said. A critical care physician shortage paired with the general population’s rising age leaves a gap that anesthesiologist could fill.
“Intensivists have been shown to help improve patient outcomes, including survival rates, reduce complications and shorten ICU lengths of stay,” Mr. Mira said.
4. U.S. anesthesiologists play a smaller role in critical care medicine than those around the world.
5. The perioperative surgical home model provides anesthesiologists a path towards becoming leaders in “the multidisciplinary delivery of seamless, cost-efficient care,” Mr. Mira said.
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