Becker's Healthcare September 15, 2025
Anesthesiologists and surgeons share the same operating room but face different pressures. Building a strong alliance between the two specialties is key to improving OR efficiency, patient outcomes and financial performance.
Here are five keys to forging a functional anesthesiologist-surgeon alliance:
1. Adopt care team models to expand capacity: Health systems are increasingly leaning on anesthesia care team models that integrate anesthesiologists, CRNAs, anesthesiologist assistants and residents to address workforce shortages and support surgical growth.
“The care team model means working with AAs, CRNAs and residents and treating them as the partners they are,” Daniel Roke, MD, chair of the department of anesthesiology and critical care at Saint Louis University, told Becker’s. “Organizations must recognize that they have a lot...
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