Properly constructed stipend agreements between hospitals and anesthesia groups can produce important benefits for both parties. Anesthesia practices gain additional revenue which, among other things, ...

According to Hugh Morgan, quality assurance officer of Somnia Anesthesia, anesthesia quality has traditionally and narrowly focused on clinical quality and the prevention of medical errors. As ...

Last week’s alert discussed the growing trend toward including performance measures in contracts between hospitals and anesthesia groups. We identified clinical quality, efficiency and patient ...

The anesthesiology department implemented a program to capture and report quality metrics. After staff education, monthly e-mail reports were sent to each anesthesiology physician and nurse ...

The system at one of UTMB Health's hospitals encouraged behavioral change among providers that led to reduced infections and ...