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”