Changing the Way We Operate
Moving the medical industry forward through education around in-office and clinic surgery
Outsourced Ambulatory Anesthesia: Surgeon and Dentist Relationships, Support, and Joining the Facility Team
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…
Retailers are Exiting Healthcare Part 2: Next Steps for Success
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…
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Outsourced Ambulatory Anesthesia: Surgeon and Dentist Relationships, Support, and Joining the Facility Team
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…
Retailers are Exiting Healthcare Part 2: Next Steps for Success
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…
Retailers are Exiting Healthcare Part 1: What Drove Them Out?
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…
Site of Service Transition Creates New Career Opportunities for Anesthesiologists
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…
The Critical Partnership Between the Clinical and Business Teams
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…
Ambulatory Management Solutions Rebrands to Ambulatory Anesthesia Care (AAC)
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…
The Scope Podcast
PCCI’s Steve Miff on healthcare data and technology
Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation CEO Steve Miff joins us to discuss how healthcare data and tech can drive transformation.
KP Georgia’s Dr. Kate Koplan on population health
Kaiser Permanente’s Dr. Kate Koplan joins us to discuss her work in the field of population health and the importance of physician leadership.
Carrie Nixon on advising healthcare innovators
Carrie Nixon (Nixon Gwilt Law) joins us to discuss advising healthcare innovators, mistakes they make, and the future of the industry.
Q&A with Dr. Tara Troy: In-Office Procedures and My Practice
Recently, we sat down with Dr. Troy to discuss the realities, considerations, and advantages of bringing procedures in-office.
What Procedures are Physicians Performing In-Office?
One could make the argument that physician’s offices and clinics have always seen, to varying degrees, procedures performed therein. But in terms of modern medicine, surgeries and other procedures have taken place in office and clinic-based surgical suites since the 1970s, and with increasing regularity since the 1980s. Today, tens of millions of procedures are…