Professional, Business, and OR Management Issues

Topics / Speakers

Group/Hospital Alignment: What Does Your Hospital Expect from Your Group? - Mark Hudson, MD, MBA

Benchmarking Anesthesiologist Productivity - Mark Hudson, MD, MBA

Quality and Safety Management in Anesthesiology - Dan Sullivan, MD, JD, MBA

Managing the Medical Staff Office - Dan Sullivan, MD, JD, MBA

Lessons Learned in Perioperative Management - Joseph Quinlan, MD

Utilizing Performance Frontiers to Optimize OR Efficiency - Mitchell H. Tsai, MD, MMM, FASA, FAACD

The Role of the Anesthesia Clinical Director - Kim Cantees, MD, MBA

Response to Public Safety Disasters - Shawn T. Beaman, MD, FASA

Managing the Problematic Physician - David G. Metro, MD, FASA and Heather Reading

Physician Well-Being - Phillip Adams, DO

Faculty

Accreditation

Accreditation and Credit Designation

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh designates this enduring material for a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Date of Original Release: February 15, 2021
Date Credits Expire: February 15, 2024
Estimated Time to Complete: 5.25 hours

CME credit is awarded upon successful completion of an online course evaluation and post-test.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, the participant will be able to:

• Understand the need for alignment of an anesthesiology department with the hospital and demonstrated value by the department in achieving overall hospital goals
• Demonstrate through examples the contributions and opportunities for physician anesthesiologist leadership within a hospital and health system
• Discuss key anesthesia practice management topics of understanding productivity, navigating the medical staff office, managing problematic physicians, and physician wellness

Intended Audience

Anesthesiologists and anesthesiologists-in-training and other anesthesia professionals, nurse anesthetists, anesthesia assistants, intensivists and perioperative medicine specialists.

Quick Facts

Provider: University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine

Series Director:

Raymond M. Planinsic, MD, FASA
Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Director of Transplantation Anesthesiology, UPMC Presbyterian
Director, Hepatic Transplantation Anesthesiology Fellowship Program
UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Series Co-Director:

Theresa A. Gelzinis, MD
Associate Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Module Director:

Mark Hudson, MD, MBA
Richard J. Kuwik Endowed Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Richard J. Kuwik Professor of Anesthesiology
Executive Vice Chair; University of Pittsburgh Physicians
Vice Chair for Clinical Operations
Executive Director, Anesthesia Services, UPMC Health System
University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Credits: Earn a maximum of 5.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™