“It’s one thing to optimise them to get them through surgery, it’s another (…) to optimise them period!” – Dr Fleisher begins the conversation as the team circle round the tricky issue of patient optimisation in the ‘fee for service’ world. Many hospitals don’t want to reduce surgery, can the bottom line be shifted…
In this piece the team talk about possibly one of the most interesting funding experiments in the US; The Maryland global budgeting experiment. January 2014, after months of negotiations between Maryland and federal authorities, global budgeting went statewide. It was voluntary for hospitals, but within six months every hospital in the state had signed up.…
A Perioperative Practicum with Dr Tim Miller. This is the sixth presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from Dr Tim Miller, anaesthsiologist from Duke University Medical Centre. If you like the sound of this and think you and your practice…
A Perioperative Practicum with TJ Gan. This is the fifth presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from Tong Joo (TJ) Gan, Professor and Chairman at Stoney Brook in New York and the immediate past President of the American Society…
A Perioperative Practicum with Desiree Chappell This is the fourth presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from Desiree Chappell, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) and board member of The American Society of Enhanced Recovery (ASER). If you like the…
This is the third presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from Dr Lee A. Fleisher Chair of Anesthesiology and Critical Care (University of Pennsylvania). If you like the sound of this and think you and your practice…
EBPOM USA Part 2| A Perioperative Practicum with Professor Monty Mythen This is the second presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from our Editor In Chief, Professor Monty Mythen, chair at University College London (UCL) and National…
This is the opening address and first presentation – originally streamed live on www.topmedtalk.com – taken from the hugely successful “EBPOM-USA: Masters Course, A Perioperative Care Practicum”. Hear the full presentation from Professor Sol Aronson, a tenured professor at Duke University and Executive Vice Chairman in the Department of Anesthesiology. If you like the sound of this…
Where should sleep apnea be on the perioperative surgeon’s priority list? A fascinating introduction to the topic, sleep disorders affect every area of life but in the perioperative sphere it brings significantly higher risks of complications following surgery. How important is it that such conditions are picked up during pre-operative optimisation? Furthermore, why do the…
How do we bend cost curve to our advantage? How do we assert the irreducible minimum? Is it possible to spend less money and get better outcomes? Is it possible to get people to realise that not ‘doing something’ is sometimes the right decision? How do ‘bundle payments’ work in relation to overall health? Featuring…