As surgical care increasingly shifts to ambulatory centers for minimal and moderate risk patients, the complexity of patient populations continues to increase in hospitals. It is therefore critical for anesthesiologists to fully understand their role outside of direct patient care, to contribute in a positive manner to maximize perioperative efficiency and safety.
This professional book guides both practicing and prospective anesthesiologists who wish to understand all of the various roles that perioperative physicians play outside of direct surgical time. This includes such aspects of patient care as preoperative optimization with protocols, implementation of rules and regulations guiding equipment and medication handling in the operating room, and management of postoperative pain services. Chapters offer an extensive discussion of the role of anesthesiologists/perioperative physicians in quality improvement and perioperative efficiency, reviewing critical topics like surgical site infections, surgical schedule optimization and interdisciplinary education.
Timely and practical, this book demonstrates the important role anesthesiologists play as perioperative physicians improving bedsice patient care and value throughout the hospital.
Physician Leadership, Anesthesiologys Rise, and Modern Economic Value.-
Perioperative Economics: Aligning Efficiency, Quality, and Value in Modern
Healthcare.- Anesthesia and Preoperative Testing: A Modern Perspective.-
Optimizing Surgical Readiness: Inpatient vs Outpatient Preoperative
Evaluation Models.- Preoperative Optimization and Risk Reduction: A
Systems-Based Role for Anesthesiologists.- Enhanced Recovery After Surgery:
The Anesthesiologists Role in Accelerating Recovery and Transforming
Perioperative Care.- The Science of OR Scheduling: Metrics, Governance, and
Staffing.- Perioperative Management of the Surgical Service Line.- Protocol
management for emergencies by anesthesiologists.- Perioperative Blood
Management: The Anesthesiologists Role in Safer Transfusion Practices.-
Surgical site infection prophylaxis in anesthesiology.- Venous
thromboembolism prevention: the role of anesthesiologists.- Supply Chain and
Fundamentals of Procuring Anesthesia Supplies.- Medication and Formulary
Management: the hidden value of anesthesiologists.- The Post-Anesthesia Care
Unit: Clinical Stewardship, Systems Leadership, and the Expanding Role of the
Anesthesiologist.- Adverse Event Analysis: The role of the Perioperative
Clinician.- Acute Pain Services: Clinical Impact, Cost Efficiency, and
Hospital Value.- Crisis Medicine: The Anesthesiologists Role in Airway,
Trauma, and Emergency Preparedness.- Sedation Governance: The
Anesthesiologists Role in Oversight and Credentialing.- Non-operating room
anesthesia oversight and management.- Electronic Health Records and
Anesthesia Information Management Services.- Quality Management and the
Anesthesiologists Role in Advancing Perioperative Excellence.- At the
Crossroads of Safety: The Anesthesiologists Leadership in Preventing Harm.-
The Anesthesiologist as Intensivist: Integrating Perioperative and Critical
Care Medicine.- Peripartum Excellence: The Anesthesiologists Role in
Quality, Safety, and Equity of Maternal Care.- Risk Management, Medico-Legal
Considerations and the Role of the Anesthesiologist.- Foundation of Revenue
Cycle Management Excellence for Todays Anesthesia Practices.- Training the
Next Generation: Education, Workforce Development, and the Future of
Anesthesiology.- Accountable Care Organizations: Integrating Anesthesiology
into Value-Based Care.- Advancing Research in Anesthesiology: A Comprehensive
Review.- Consulting in Perioperative and Anesthesiology Services: Optimizing
Operations, Strategy, and Value.- Advocacy in Action: The Anesthesiologists
Role in Shaping Healthcare Policy and Patient Safety.- Practice Guidelines
and Best Practices in Perioperative Care.- Professional Citizenship: How
Anesthesiologists Advance Medicine Through Society Engagement.- The Hidden
Economy of Anesthesiology: Unpaid Work That Sustains Healthcare.- Redesigning
Perioperative Care Through Telemedicine and Data Integration.- After the RFP:
Building Sustainable Partnerships Between Anesthesia Practices and
Hospitals.- Anesthesiologists in Hospital Leadership: Bridging the Gap with
Regulatory and Accrediting Organizations.- Anesthesiology and Artificial
Intelligence: Leading the Next Transformation in Perioperative Medicine.
George Tewfik, MD MBA FASA CPE MSBA
Rutgers-New Jersey Medical School
Associate Professor- Department of Anesthesiology
Director of Quality Assurance/Improvement
Director Anesthesia Simulation Program
University Hospital
Medical Science Building
185 South Orange Avenue
Newark, New Jersey 07103
Dr. Tewfik is an Associate Professor of Anesthesiology at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School and the Director of Quality Assurance. He has had numerous peer reviewed publications in journals such as the British Journal of Anaesthesia, Anesthesia & Analgesia, and the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia. He is on the Editorial board of the ASA Monitor- the official publication of the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
Dr. Tewfik is passionate about patient safety and improving perioperative efficiency, especially by highlighting the essential role of anesthesiologists in all aspects of surgical care.
