Operational Considerations for Delivery of Anesthesia in the Ambulatory GI Suite

As the need for Anesthesiology Services expands beyond the operating room (OR) to Gastroenterology venues, collaborative practice standards become increasingly necessary. Goal alignment is critical in order to assure patient safety, comfort and optimized outcomes. Anesthesia standards of care and the normal cadence of running a GI suite must achieve integration on both an operational and medical level. This becomes more difficult as procedural and patient complexity increase. Significant challenges discussed here include costs and format of preoperative assessment, mutually acceptable scheduling platforms, limitations of non-OR venues and management of costs and revenues.

Source: Techniques in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - March 9, 2016 Category: Gastroenterology Authors: Wendy L. Gross Source Type: research