Practice administrator Brandon Meacham, MBA, PPMC, CST tells how his ASC trialed different anesthesia modalities to determine best practices in improving patient comfort and reducing costs.
HF: How did you identify there was an issue with anesthesia workflows?
BM: Our surgery volume was increasing, and we were using PRN LPNs just to have extra hands to start IVs. We pulled people from other duties if there was a hard stick, since this was our only source of anesthesia, and we’d be at a standstill or have to skip the patient until we could get help.
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