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Economics And The Education Of Nurse Anesthetists: Part 1, Cormac O'Sullivan, E. Thompson
Economics And The Education Of Nurse Anesthetists: Part 1, Cormac O'Sullivan, E. Thompson
Cormac T. O'Sullivan
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Economics And The Education Of Nurse Anesthetists: Part 2, Cormac O'Sullivan, E. Thompson
Economics And The Education Of Nurse Anesthetists: Part 2, Cormac O'Sullivan, E. Thompson
Cormac T. O'Sullivan
Economic assumptions and other factors affecting the economics of nurse anesthesia education are presented in Part 2 of this 2-part column. In Part 1, published in the October 2004 issue of the AANA Journal, general economic principles and healthcare economic principles in particular were described, explained, and related to the current US healthcare system.
Evidence-Based Management Assessment Of Return On Investment From Anesthesia Information Management Systems, Cormac O'Sullivan, F. Dexter, D. Lubarsky, M. Vigoda
Evidence-Based Management Assessment Of Return On Investment From Anesthesia Information Management Systems, Cormac O'Sullivan, F. Dexter, D. Lubarsky, M. Vigoda
Cormac T. O'Sullivan
A systematic and comprehensive review of the scientific literature revealed 4 evidence-based methods that contribute to a positive return on investment from anesthesia information management systems (AIMS): reducing anesthetic-related drug costs, improving staff scheduling and reducing staffing costs, increasing anesthesia billing and capture of anesthesia-related charges, and increased hospital reimbursement through improved hospital coding. There were common features to these interventions. Whereas an AIMS may be the ideal choice to achieve these cost reductions and revenue increases, alternative existing systems may be satisfactory for the studied applications (i.e., the incremental advantage to the AIMS may be less than predicted from …