Hear how evidence based practices can reduce costs and improve outcomes. What are the key areas most institutions can work on to get the best and most rapid return on time invested? Neuro, atrial fibrillation, acute kidney injury (AKI) and blood management are big key areas.

The article discussed in this piece is here: https://www.scahq.org/Portals/0/Documents/Clinical%20Practice%20Guidelines/SCA_EACTA%20Practice%20Advisory.pdf

This piece was recorded live at ‘The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists’ (SCA) annual conference, 2019. The SCA website is here: https://www.scahq.org

Also in this piece, what’s the future for the SCA? Where will their focus be as they increase the value of being an SCA member?

The Perioperative Quality Initiative (POQI) is here: https://thepoqi.org/

Presented by Desiree Chappell with her guests Andy Shaw, President of The Society of Cardiovascular Anesthsiology and Nanette Schwann, Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, Critical Care Medicine, Professor and Vice Chair of Research and Education at Lehigh Valley Health Network.