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2021 AACD Summit Presentation Links
ASA Monitor Article
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AACD 2020 Summit Summary
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Quality, cost and teamwork: Adding the human element to perioperative services. Proceedings of the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors (AACD) Annual Perioperative Summit, 2019.
One of the many responsibilities a director has is to comply with all of the regulations governing a practice. Central to these regulations in
Scaling Perioperative Services Across Health Care Systems
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PRESS RELEASE: The Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors Announces New “Fellow of the AACD Designation”
AACD is happy to announce the FAACD designation.
AACD PROCEDURAL TIMES GLOSSARY
Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors procedural times glossary
Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors Membership Bylaws
These Bylaws supersede the Bylaws of the Association of Anesthesia Clinical Directors, which were originally adopted October 15, 1989, and
How to Launch a Perioperative Surgical Home
UC Irvine Health Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care has launched Perioperative Surgical Homes in the following and have more
NORA “A Strong Buy”, Part Two
Earlier this year, in a previous AACD editorial, I wrote about the rise of NORA (Non-Operating Room Anesthesia). In my discussion, I looked at
NORA: Where do we go from here? Six clinical challenges for the future
Over the past 2 years, we have presented the analogy of Non-Operating Room Anesthesia (NORA) as if it were a stock. Because the growth of NORA
The Roadmap to Effective Accountability
It is a common truism that “what we permit, we promote”. In the domain of Perioperative Clinical Directors, it is necessary to navigate and
Considerations When Implementing A Massive Transfusion Protocol
The metropolitan Seattle area employs a centralized transfusion service composed of four laboratories supplying blood products to 20 hospitals
Communicating With the Surgical Attending
As we welcomed a fresh batch of second year anesthesia residents, I began to think of the moments that I dreaded the most during my first couple
Mobile communication and HIPAA rules
Mobile technology in the health care industry has evolved rapidly with many new ways to communicate emerging every day. Maintaining the privacy
The START methodology to work up and manage surgery scheduling inaccuracy
Accurate operating room (OR) case scheduling is a key performance indicator (KPI) that is challenging to manage. Inaccurate OR scheduling is a
An Emerging Paradigm Shift in Perioperative Opioid Use
The rate of overdose of prescription opioids in the Unites states has more than quadrupled between 1999 and 2010, exceeding the combined death