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The regulation of the number of MD residency and CRNA training positions, and the duration of time required to train new professionals, impede the ability to rapidly increase the supply of clinicians entering the workforce. Specific trends have led to the anesthesia workforce supply–demand relationship. Leverage technology.
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In anesthesia care team models, in which a Certified NurseAnesthetist (CRNA) is physically present in the operating room while being supervised by an attending physician anesthesiologist, the MD anesthesiologist can be summoned to return to the operating room in seconds if a problem arises.
If you work in a practice which utilizes an anesthesia care team, where one physician anesthesiologist may supervise, for example, 4 Certified Registered NurseAnesthetists (CRNAs), then a physician’s income is increased because he or she is billing for and supervising care for multiple concurrent surgeries.
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Will your anesthesia professional be a physician anesthesiologist, a Certified Registered NurseAnesthetist (CRNA), or an anesthesia care team made up of both? If an anesthesia care team is attending to you, how many rooms is each physician anesthesiologist supervising?
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