As an anesthesiologist, you are uniquely trained for the critical moments in health care – in the OR, delivery room, intensive care unit, pain clinic, and the outpatient setting. Yet many of you acknowledge facing an uphill battle in positioning yourselves as leaders in hospitals and health systems and promoting your value with the C-suite. In a Monitor article published last August, ASA Committee on Communications (COC) Chair Adam Striker, MD, provided a sneak peek at a new ASA initiative – Be the Solution – to demonstrate your value to your health care executives.
The initiative is vital because many health care executives do not recognize the specialty's impact on the hospital and health system. According to a 2019 ASA survey, 11 of 31 health care executives expressed “no preference” between an anesthesiologist and a nurse to diagnose and treat complications during a procedure. Yet 69% expressed a personal preference...
