For Surgeons

In the current healthcare environment, it is important for all stakeholders within a facility to work as a team for optimal efficiency.  No relationship is more crucial than that of a surgeon and an anesthesiologist. Inadequate anesthesia coverage, sluggish operating room patient turnover, and inconsistent communication between the anesthesiologist and surgeon are issues that can interrupt the flow of the operating room and create bottlenecks.  FOAA Anesthesia Services addresses each of these issues and relieves the stress involved in the provision of anesthesia services.
FOAA has developed long-term partnerships with surgeons by demonstrating strengths in these areas:

• Consistent, reliable anesthesia coverage

• Efficient operating room turnover

• World-class customer service

• Understanding surgeon preferences

• Trust and reliability

FOAA focuses on establishing and maintaining strong leadership at each healthcare facility and provides an on-site anesthesiology chair to address operational issues and to represent the surgeon’s interests at all appropriate departmental meetings. This commitment to strong leadership includes:

• Innovative company culture

• Emphasis on the development of leaders

• Importance of continuing education

• Dedicated anesthesia teams at each facility

• Becoming part of the “we” at the facility by developing relationships with surgeons and adjusting to the needs of the community

 A source of operating room inefficiency can be attributed to anesthesia staffing problems which can lead to redirection of procedures and lost revenue for surgeons. FOAA will examine these inefficiencies by implementing a more efficient staffing model and will work with surgical services to implement OR practices and protocols such as:

• Streamlining pre-operative questionnaires and developing guidelines for testing

• Establishing acute pain protocols and post procedure rounding

• Overseeing anesthesia quality assurance, peer review and satisfaction programs

Surgeon feedback is imperative for the efficient delivery of anesthesia services.  FOAA solicits surgeon and patient feedback with the goal of improving in the eyes of our valued customers.

Please contact us at (703) 293-9590 or fill out the Request More Information form for a no obligation assessment of your anesthesia needs or processes.