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Presentations at ASA Practice Management 2020

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Our research team at the 2020 ASA Practice Management meeting

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Practice Management meeting is considered the premier business event for physician anesthesiologists and practice administrators and among ASA-sponsored events is second in attendance only to the ASA’s Annual Meeting. The 2020 ASA Practice Management meeting was held January 17-20 in Las Vegas, NV. Of the 23 total posters accepted for presentation at the meeting, 10 were from our department's Practice Management Research Team, a group of residents, faculty, and CRNAs investigating healthcare business and management:

  • Staffing and Surgical Anesthesia Productivity of Surgical Facilities in Academic Anesthesiology Departments: 2019 SAAAPM Report on Productivity; Authors: Amr Abouleish, Charles Whitten, Mark Hudson – Accepted for Award Judging, FAER Best of Meeting Competition
  • An Academic Chronic Pain Clinic’s Phone Call and Email Communication Volume as a Demonstration of The Six Sigma Methodology Pareto Principle; Authors: Ryan Holden, Tammy Flemming, Trent Emerick
  • Analysis of Medical Cannabis Certification in a Chronic Pain Division of a Large Academic Medical Center; Authors: Wu (Matt) Yin, Trent Emerick
  • Concurrency Ratios vs. tASA per OR per day in a Multicenter, Large Academic Institution; Authors: Michael Morgan, Connor Richardson, Harry Burke, Evan Lebovitz, Mark Hudson
  • Cost Analysis of Anesthesia Type Variation Between Hospitals within a Large Academic Medical Center; Authors: Evan Lebovitz, Ryan Ball, Neal Shah, Mark Hudson
  • Opportunity Cost due to Non-Surgical Time; Authors: Harry Burke, Michael Morgan, Connor Richardson, Evan Lebovitz, Mark Hudson
  • Outpatient Ketamine Infusion Program Cost Analysis in a Large Academic Medical Center Department of Anesthesiology; Authors: Dan Bintrim, Shannon Morrissey, Chris Law, Marlon Johnson, Mark Hudson, Ajay Wasan, Trent Emerick
  • Using Cost and Productivity Surveillance to Identify Unjustified Provider Underutilization Stemming from Gap Time and Delayed First Starts; Authors: Sheri Wang, Neal Shah, Christian Molzahn, Evan Lebovitz, Mark Hudson
  • Using Cost and Productivity Surveillance to Identify Variance in Surgical Services Efficiencies Across a Large Multihospital Health Care System; Authors: Neal Shah, Sherri Wang, Christian Molzahn, Evan Lebovitz, Mark Hudson
  • Utilization of Lean Methodology and Six Sigma Methodology in an Academic Chronic Pain Practice; Authors: Neal Shah, Trent Emerick

Additionally, Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA spoke at the following sessions:

  • Touchpoint Series:  Friday January 17, “The Art of Negotiation:  Demonstrating Value with Data,” “Demonstrating Value with Productivity and Efficiency Data”
  • Touchpoint Series:  Friday January 17, “Operating Room Management,” “Adaptive Surgical Services Resource Management Across a Large Multihospital System
  • Saturday January 18, “Understanding Different Types of Anesthesiology Practices”