A Process-Based Standardization of an Intraoperative Escalation Protocol in Anesthesiology.

Prompt recognition and management of critical events is pivotal for the provision of safe anesthetic care. This requires a well-functioning team that focuses on effective communication, timely decision-making, and escalation of potential complications. We believe that variation in bedside care leads to "near-misses," adverse outcomes, and serious safety events (SSEs).

Assuring the Groundwork for Success: Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Allyship for Practicing Anesthesiologists.

The challenges facing the health care industry in the post-coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic world are numerous, jeopardizing wellness, and performance. Maintaining engagement and fulfillment of anesthesiologists in their work is now a critical issue in various practice settings: academic, private practice, and corporate medicine. In this article, we offer insights on how mentorship, sponsorship, and allyship are important in the advancement of the anesthesiology workforce including women and underrepresented minorities inclusive of race, gender, and disability.

Procedural episode-based cost measures: anesthesia matters.

Purpose Of Review: Episode-based cost measures (EBCM) is a method of combining all services related to a defined episode of care, identified as either a procedure, acute illness or chronic disease, and providing expected cost for that episode or bundle of care. Procedural EBCM has become a major scheme for payment methodology and patient quality of care evaluation. Anesthesiologists need to know how EBCM can impact their clinical practice.

Roadmap: one anesthesiology department's strategic approach to COVID-19.

Purpose Of Review: The COVID-19 pandemic has driven transformation in every aspect of the healthcare delivery system. The unpredictable onset and magnitude of COVID-19 infections resulted in wide gaps in preparedness for healthcare systems. The development of protocols to address both scarcity of resources and staff protection continues to be essential for risk mitigation.

Workplace discrimination: experiences of practicing physicians.

Background: In response to a growing concern regarding physician discrimination in the workplace, this study was developed to: (1) describe the types of discrimination that exist for the practicing physician and (2) determine which groups of physicians are more likely to experience the various forms of discrimination.

Methods: Surveys were mailed to 1930 practicing physicians in Massachusetts. Participants were asked if they had encountered discrimination, how significant the discrimination was against a specific group, the frequency of personal discrimination, and the type of discrimination.