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• What else should anesthesia providers be expected to con-
tribute? The anesthesia team should be an active part in the overall effort to
increase patient satisfaction, enable efficiency and increase your competitive
edge. If your providers aren't doing all those things, you should be looking for
ways to engage them, to take advantage of all the contributions they can make.
• What responsibility do facilities have for making sure their
anesthesia providers are fully engaged? The relationship between
facilities and providers is a two-way street, of course. Does your facility treat
anesthesia providers as hired help, or do you see them and treat them as an
integral part of the facility? Are you making sure your team is incentivized to
give you their best efforts? Do you have a process for continuous quality
improvement in your anesthesia department?
• How can you make sure anesthesia providers know they're
considered part of the team, and not just "hired help?" Who are
the people you have on
your committees? Are
you inviting your anesthe-
sia providers to partici-
pate? What about facility
reimbursements? Are
anesthesia providers
involved in your regular
assessments? Are they on
the front lines when it
comes to formulating
policies for patient and
employee safety? Do they
help assess and revise the
K I C K E R
Back in the day, anesthesia
providers didn't worry much about
how long a patient was in the
recovery room.
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