Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., says the challenge of aligning anesthesiologists with the financial interests of an ASC can be overcome by giving the anesthesiologists a financial investment in the center.
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Here are the top 12 "action items" salaried anesthesiologists would like to improve in their practice environment, based on whether the anesthesiologists are salaried employees or owners/partners, according to the Locum Tenens 2010 Anesthesiology Salary Survey Report.
The rising cost of healthcare has been an ongoing concern of the nation's business community. When the 2001 Institute of Medicine landmark report titled "Crossing the Quality Chasm" revealed that 98,000 hospitalized patients die unnecessarily each year from preventable medical…
Title: 7 Secrets to Sustainable Savings Through Standardized Clinical EngineeringDate: Tuesday, October 12, 2010Time: 1:15 p.m. – 2:15 p.m. CST
Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and colleagues listed 10 ways they believe the healthcare reform law would reshape the practice of medicine in an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
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Theresa Palicki, administrator of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, offers five ways for your ASC to develop good working relationships with your anesthesiologists and achieve improved clinical quality outcomes.
Doug Yunker, MD, an anesthesiologist and medical director of Upper Arlington Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, discusses three ways to improve relationships between anesthesiologists and surgeons.
Doug Yunker, MD, an anesthesiologist and medical director of Upper Arlington Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, discusses four ways ASCs can improve profitability.
Doug Yunker, MD, an anesthesiologist who is medical director of Upper Arlington Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, reviews some of the advantages and disadvantages of employing versus contracting anesthesiologists, both from the anesthesiologists' point of view and from the hospital…
A free, revised manual on professional liability for anesthesiologists is now available for download from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.