Changing the Way We Operate

When anesthesia groups partner with surgeons operating outside the hospital, the real value offered to surgeons is how the anesthesia group can (and should!) become a holistic part of the team. It means the “outsourced” nature of the relationship is, up front, about relieving costs and workflow abrasion for surgeons. However, the anesthesia group should…

Last week, we discussed the exit from retail primary care by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Wal-Mart, and the challenges they faced in entering healthcare, particularly primary care and clinic spaces. Today, we want to talk about other paths that future investors can take to drive change, even working hand-in-hand with existing entities, helping all parties…

Retail healthcare was poised to be a major disruptor. Unfortunately, in the past few months, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and Walmart have all exited clinic and primary care spaces. While their entrance was a controversial choice, the undercurrent was hopeful. The quintuple aim’s goals are, in part, to improve access to care and improve quality of…

Despite how difficult change can be in healthcare, ASC and office-based surgery continues to explode. This site of service transition is creating new career opportunities for anesthesiologists, so much so that a whopping 81% of anesthesiologists are employed in outpatient settings. This means for anesthesiologists, CRNAs, and anesthesiology assistants, the routine of early mornings, rotating…

Healthcare GDP is 9% of US GDP, 4th overall, weighing in at $2.3T. It’s also the largest source of government spending, at 28% of the federal budget (nearly doubling the DoD budget for the largest military in the world). Balancing clinical and quality of care requirements while also dealing with shrinking reimbursements and major consolidation…

One of the lynchpins of safe, effective surgery is exceptional anesthesia. Obsessive dedication to quality and dogged pursuit of innovation by groups like Mobile Anesthesiologists in Chicago, Noble Anesthesia Partners in Texas, and M2 Anesthesia, a pediatric dental anesthesia group in the PNW, are all part of a larger ecosystem of success. That success has…