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June 2023

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Trends & Technology
Articles
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Payment & Practice Management
Committee News
Residents' Review
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Safety Tip of the Month
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Features

Health Care Wastage: An Affliction On Our Nation's Health and Our Planet!

Lalitha Sundararaman, MBBS, MD

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 18–19. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938812.15025.c4

View Articletitled, Health Care Wastage: An Affliction On Our Nation's Health and Our Planet!

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Topics: automobiles , carbon , developed countries , economics , health care sector

It's Time for Hospital Workers to Identify and Eliminate Roadblocks to Reprocessing!

Daniel Vukelich, JD

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 20. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938816.88765.15

View Articletitled, It's Time for Hospital Workers to Identify and Eliminate Roadblocks to Reprocessing!

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Topics: carbon , climate , climate change , greenhouse gases , health personnel

Supply Chain Principles – A Primer for Anesthesiologists

Korina Katsaliaki, PhD; Sameer Kumar, PhD; Kumar G. Belani, MBBS, MS, FACA, FAAP, SAMBA-F

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 21–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938820.14081.36

View Articletitled, Supply Chain Principles – A Primer for Anesthesiologists

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Topics: coordination , delivery of health care , information sharing , professors , surgical procedures, operative

National Drug Shortages – Broken Supply or Broken Chain? It Is Time to End the ‘Race to the Bottom’

Umar Kamal, MD; Taysir Awad, MD; Beenish Khurshid, BS

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 22–23. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938824.54441.3b

View Articletitled, National Drug Shortages – Broken Supply or Broken Chain? It Is Time to End the ‘Race to the Bottom’

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Topics: medication shortages

The Gas Looks Greener on the Other Side: Using Novel Tech to Minimize Anesthesia Greenhouse Emissions

Jane Ahn, MD; Lesley A. Bennici, MD; Ana Costa, MD

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 24. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938828.39877.b7

View Articletitled, The Gas Looks Greener on the Other Side: Using Novel Tech to Minimize Anesthesia Greenhouse Emissions

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Topics: anesthetic gases , anesthetics, inhalation , desflurane , gases , isoflurane

How Leadership and Process Ownership Can Affect Anesthesiology Supply Chain Considerations

George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA; Samuel M. Paschall; Jordan Stillman, MD, MPH, MS

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 25–26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938832.90594.70

View Articletitled, How Leadership and Process Ownership Can Affect Anesthesiology Supply Chain Considerations

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Topics: leadership , ownership

Leadership Perspectives

Membership on the Move: Engaging Members with Value and Relevance

Kenneth Elmassian, DO, FASA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 9. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938784.96946.cf

View Articletitled, Membership on the Move: Engaging Members with Value and Relevance

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Topics: advocacy , feedback , internship and residency , knowledge acquisition , leadership

Trends & Technology

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 16–17. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938808.42211.e6

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Topics: trend

Articles

Be the Solution: How Anesthesiologists Can Address Health Equity and Show Leadership to the C-Suite

Sunil Eappen, MD, MBA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938776.16244.db

View Articletitled, Be the Solution: How Anesthesiologists Can Address Health Equity and Show Leadership to the C-Suite

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Topics: health equity , leadership

Advancing Member Expertise with the Support of Educational Grants

Susan Carlson, MSEd

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 7. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938780.50295.75

View Articletitled, Advancing Member Expertise with the Support of Educational Grants

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Topics: knowledge acquisition

SEE Question

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 10. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938788.55744.cf

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Topics: body fluid , intensive care unit , intravenous fluids administration , mortality , septic shock

Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2023-06: For Want of a Light Bulb, an Airplane Was Lost – Redux

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 11–12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938792.57790.eb

View Articletitled, Anesthesia Incident Reporting System (AIRS) Case 2023-06: For Want of a Light Bulb, an Airplane Was Lost – Redux

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Topics: airplane , incident reporting

ACE Question

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 12. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938796.60441.09

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Topics: anesthesiology continuing education (ace)

No More Noncompetes? Potential Implications for Anesthesiologists

George Tewfik, MD, MBA, FASA; Karolina Brook, MD, CPPS; Peymon Madi, DO

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 13–14. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938800.61018.e2

View Articletitled, No More Noncompetes? Potential Implications for Anesthesiologists

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Topics: employee , employment , salary and wages , schools, medical , trend

Topical, Timely, and Top-Notch: ANESTHESIOLOGY^® 2023 Focuses on Specialty's Most Salient Issues

Linda Shore-Lesserson, MD, FAHA, FASE

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 15. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938804.41494.b1

View Articletitled, Topical, Timely, and Top-Notch: ANESTHESIOLOGY<sup>®</sup> 2023 Focuses on Specialty's Most Salient Issues

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Topics: acute pain , aging , anesthesia, ambulatory , anesthesia, conduction , anesthesia, obstetrical

In the Know

Naloxone Saves Lives

Steve Shafer, MD, FASA, Editor-in-Chief

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938768.50606.d8

View Articletitled, Naloxone Saves Lives

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Topics: naloxone , drugs, non-prescription

Payment & Practice Management

A Financial Model of the 100% Medicare Practice

Johnathan Pregler, MD, FASA; Mahesh Vaidyanathan, MD, MBA; David S. Larsen, MD, FASA; Michael C. Lewis, MD, FASA; Elmer Choi, MD, PhD, MBA, FASA; Christopher J. Young, MD, FASA; Stephen E. Comess, BSN, MHSA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938772.47169.77

View Articletitled, A Financial Model of the 100% Medicare Practice

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Topics: medicare , economics

Committee News

Out-of-OR Airway Management: Anticipating and Mitigating Physiologic Difficulty

Craig S. Jabaley, MD, FCCM; Catherine M. Kuza, MD, FASA, FCCM; Jarva Chow, MD, MPH; Nathan J. Smischney, MD, MSc, FASA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 30–31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938848.86076.f4

View Articletitled, Out-of-OR Airway Management: Anticipating and Mitigating Physiologic Difficulty

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Topics: airway maintenance , intubation

We're Out Again?! Drug Scarcity and What We Can Do About It

Michael J. Norton, MD, MBA, FASA; Kayla M. Knuf, MD

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938856.48028.ef

View Articletitled, We're Out Again?! Drug Scarcity and What We Can Do About It

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Topics: medication shortages , united states food and drug administration , american society of health-system pharmacists , army , government

Deliberate Oxygen Therapy – How Much Is Too Much of a Good Thing?

Jeffrey M. Carness, MD, FASA; Catherine M. Kuza, MD, FASA, FCCM

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 33. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938860.68159.a4

View Articletitled, Deliberate Oxygen Therapy – How Much Is Too Much of a Good Thing?

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Topics: oxygen therapy

Nitrous Oxide in Obstetrics: Time to Deliver Differently?

Melissa Kreso, MD, MSBA, FASA; Nina Schloemerkemper, MD, FRCA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 34–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938864.57194.16

View Articletitled, Nitrous Oxide in Obstetrics: Time to Deliver Differently?

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Topics: nitrous oxide , obstetrics

Residents' Review

Shortages, Supply Chains, and Sustainability: Where Does Our Scope of Practice End?

Federico Ciardi, MA (Oxon), MBBS; Briana Kossbiel, MD

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 35–36. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938868.62560.20

View Articletitled, Shortages, Supply Chains, and Sustainability: Where Does Our Scope of Practice End?

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Topics: scope of practice

UpToDate

UpToDate^®

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 31. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938852.60627.fa

View Articletitled, UpToDate<sup>®</sup>

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Topics: perioperative care , surgery specialty , surgical procedures, operative , gloves, protective

Safety Tip of the Month

Mitigating Safety Threats from Medication and Supply Shortages

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 26. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938836.29628.1b

View Articletitled, Mitigating Safety Threats from Medication and Supply Shortages

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Topics: safety

The Pulse

Preparing Public Health Responses to Mass Shooting Incidents

Amy Gallagher

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 27–28. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938840.62254.8a

View Articletitled, Preparing Public Health Responses to Mass Shooting Incidents

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Topics: mass shooting , public health medicine , triage , patient tracking

FAER

Shortages and Sustainability of the Anesthesia Workforce: What Does Cataract Surgery Have to Do With It?

Catherine L. Chen, MD, MPH

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 37. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938872.92187.34

View Articletitled, Shortages and Sustainability of the Anesthesia Workforce: What Does Cataract Surgery Have to Do With It?

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Topics: cataract surgery , workforce

Facility Spotlight

A Baby Boom and New Anesthesiology Department at Phoenix Children's

Madeline Talbot

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 29. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938844.67021.c0

View Articletitled, A Baby Boom and New Anesthesiology Department at Phoenix Children's

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Topics: child , infant , pediatrics

In Memoriam

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, e1. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938876.14812.97

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Episode 97: Inside the Monitor – The Cost of Perioperative Waste

Lalitha Sundararaman, MD; Adam Striker, MD, FASA

ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 1. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938880.59026.df

View Articletitled, Episode 97: Inside the Monitor – The Cost of Perioperative Waste

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Topics: perioperative care

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