Academic Research & Articles
Anesthesia Quality Improvement
Continuous improvement of quality and safety is a professional obligation of anesthesiologists and an ongoing activity of all academic departments and
private practices. Quality improvement is an infinite process that is never fully complete but that instead evolves over time in response to emerging threats to patient safety from new medications, new surgical procedures, and increased recognition of systematic threats. This review discusses current definitions and thinking in anesthesia quality improvement, outlines recommended efforts at the local department level, and makes suggestions for the projects and activities most likely to benefit the anesthesia patients and clinicians of the future.
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Advances in Anesthesia: Pediatric Anesthesia in the Community
Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBAa, Robert B. Bryskin, MDb, Marion ‘Red’ Starks, MD, MBAc , Aesha S. Shukla, MHA, MBA, CPHQd, Olivia Lounsbury, MS
Private Equity in Anesthesia
George Tewfik, MD, MBA, CPE & Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA
Setting Up a Quality Program
Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, Stephanie Davidson, DO, Aesha S. Shukla, MBA, MHA, CPHQ
Factors Affecting Patient Satisfaction With Their Anesthesiologist
Anastasia Pozdnyakova, BS, Avery Tung, MD, FCCM, Richard Dutton, MD, MBA, Anum Wazir, BS, and David B. Glick, MD, MBA | Anesthesia & Analgesia | Volume 129
A Chance to Save the World...Through Gratitude
Richard P. Dutton, MD, MBA, FASA | ASA Monitor | 12.2022
Scaling Up Quality in an Anesthesia Practice
Richard P. Dutton, MD, Thomas H. Swygert, MD, Matthew Maloney, MD, Mo Azam, MD, D. Kurt Jones, MD, Olivia Lounsbury, Aesha S. Shukla, Paul Taheri, MD
Incidence of intraoperative hypotension during non-cardiac surgery in community anesthesia practice: a retrospective observational analysis.
Saasouh W, Christensen AL, Xing F, Chappell D, Lumbley J, Woods B, Mythen M, Dutton RP
ASA Practice Guidelines for Management of the Difficult Airway
Apfelbaum JL, Hagberg CA, Connis RT, Abdelmalak BB, Agarkar M, Dutton RP, Fiadjoe JE, Greif R, Klock PA, Mercier D, Myatra SN, O'Sullivan EP, Rosenblatt WH, Sorbello M, Tung A
December is Coming: A Time Trend Analysis of Monthly Variation in Adult Elective Anesthesia Caseload Across Florida and Texas Locations of a Large Multistate Practice
Anastasia Pozdnyakova Piersa, M.D., M.B.A., Avery Tung, M.D., Richard P. Dutton, M.D., M.B.A., Sajid Shahul, M.D., M.P.H., David B. Glick, M.D., M.B.A.