and reputation. Surgeons will be delighted to have
protocols in place that provide patients with less post-
op pain in a world in which you no longer prescribe
180 oxycodone tablets. Stakeholders will begin to
understand that shorter stays and quicker recovery
times increase profits.
Continuing to meet is an effective way to fine-
tune ERAS protocols and to ensure you maintain
buy-in from all the parties as patient care continues
to evolve. For example, a new kind of nerve block
might take a few extra minutes of OR time to per-
form. You might need to hire an anesthesiologist
who's an expert at regional anesthesia and invest in
a new $100,000 ultrasound machine. All these ele-
ments of a seemingly straightforward decision need
to be discussed. Good administrators will lead the
conversation and listen to feedback. Bad ones who
don't continue to evolve their ERAS protocols will
end up running facilities that fall behind the curve
of optimal patient care.
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Dr. Kaye (akaye@luuhsc.edu) is provost, vice
chancellor of academic affairs and pain fellowship
program director at LSU Health Sciences Center in
Shreveport, La.
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