2026 AORN & ASA guidelines raise the bar for local anesthetic systemic toxicity preparedness at ASCs. Here's what your team must do right now.
The ASA 2026 perioperative pain guidelines strongly recommend fascial plane blocks for mastectomy, abdominal, and cardiothoracic surgery. Here's what your ASC and CRNA team must do now.
A CRNA's tour of every feature in the MyPreOp anesthesia EHR — auto-filled pre-op forms, swipe-or-screenshot vitals, voice-to-chart, Consult AI, and a Safety Co-Pilot — and how each helps anesthesia providers and surgeons.
Anthem's anesthesia time caps are denying claims now. Here's what private practices and ASCs must do in 2026 to protect reimbursement and stay viable.
What AI actually does (and doesn't do) for anesthesia providers in 2026. From a practicing CRNA, not a vendor.
Seven criteria that separate software built for the OR from generic form generators with anesthesia branding.
What AI tools actually save a CRNA time in 2026 — ranked by daily-use leverage. From a practicing nurse anesthetist.
Four concrete reasons CRNAs, anesthesiologists, and CAAs are moving to AI pre-op workflows this year.
From 10 minutes per chart to 30 seconds. The mechanics of how it actually works — and why the CRNA still owns every call.
Under the hood of AI pre-op charting in 2026. The five stages a clearance document goes through, with no marketing varnish.
Five questions every anesthesiologist should ask before adopting an AI pre-op tool — from a CRNA-founder who works alongside MDs.
Plain English. Real examples. The cusp between ASA II and III is where elective cases live or die — here's how to call it.
The 2026 evidence-based panel by age, comorbidity, and case type. Plus the labs you can stop ordering out of habit.
No single Hb cutoff exists — the answer is case-by-case. Cutoffs for cosmetic, ortho, and general surgery, plus the anemia workup before re-scheduling.
The PCP letter that lands on your coordinator's desk is not a clearance. Here's the 5-step workflow that turns it into one — and prevents $15K–$30K same-day cancellations.
Section-by-section walkthrough of the standard anesthesia pre-op form with what each field is for and the common errors that delay or cancel cases.
The first randomized trial of an AI chatbot in preoperative care just published, and the ASA calls perioperative medicine central to healthcare's future. What it means for ASCs.
TIVA, no volatile anesthetics, processed EEG and cerebral oximetry, regional preferred. A clinical playbook for the anesthesia team — based on the ASA, APSF, SPA, and ESAIC joint statements — with a one-page intraop checklist and references.
Why we recommend a 14-day GLP-1 hold before elective surgery — and what GI colleagues are still finding on endoscopy a month after patients stop their weekly injection.
Same-day surgical cancellation cost can devastate private practices. A practicing CRNA reveals the true revenue impact and how to prevent OR cancellations.
A CRNA-founder's breakdown of the nine things that get cosmetic and elective cases canceled the morning of surgery — and the dollar math behind each one.