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Research Team Wins Awards for the Seventh Consecutive Year at ASA Practice Management

"A group of men in suits standing in front of a poster"

 

The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Practice Management meeting is considered the premier business event for physician anesthesiologists and practice administrators and among ASA-sponsored events is second only in attendance to the ASA’s Annual Meeting. This year’s ASA Practice Management meeting was held January 26-28, 2018 in New Orleans, LA.

Once again, our department had a strong presence at the meeting. Six residents, five of whom participated in the poster session, and three faculty members (Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA; Trent D. Emerick, MD, MBA; Sanford M. Littwin, MD) participated. A total of 20 posters were exhibited at the meeting, seven of which were selected for presentation. Of the seven selected, three were from our department:

  • Evan E. Lebovitz, MD; Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA; Sanford Littwin, MD: Mandatory Environmental Savings Initiative (MESI): Cost Comparison of Anesthetic Techniques in a Large University Hospital System
  • Andrius Giedraitis, MD, MBA; Jamie Artman, CRNA, MSN; Brandon Stewart; Susan Mammarella; Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA: Developing an Operating Room Scorecard for a Large, Multi-hospital Health System
  • Neal Shah, MD; Sanford M. Littwin, MD; Jamie Artman, CRNA, MSN; Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA: Utilizing a “Value” Incentive to Rapidly Introduce Evidence Based Practice Across a Large Multihospital Health Care System

For the seventh year in a row, work presented by the “Hudson Research Team,” a group of residents, faculty, and CRNAs investigating healthcare business and management led by Mark E. Hudson, MD, MBA, won awards at the conference and garnered national attention. The above presentation by resident Dr. Neal Shah won both the 3rd Place FAER Research Award as well as the award for Best Poster by a Resident or Fellow. Dr. Shah’s other poster, “Using an Anesthesiology Trained Chronic Pain Physician for Perioperative Inpatient and Outpatient Pain Management as Part of the Perioperative Surgical Home” (authors: Shah N and Emerick TD) was featured in a news release on EurekAlert!, “Surgery patients in enhanced recovery program leave hospital sooner, take fewer opioids.” Dr. Emerick was quoted in the press release.

Dr. Hudson also moderated a conference session and presented the following invited lectures:

  • Friday, January 26, 1 – 1:20 p.m. Active Operating Room Cap Management for Efficiency and Cost Savings
  • Saturday, January 27, 7:30 – 8 a.m. Understanding Different Types of Anesthesiology Practices