ASA 2015

[repititionition]

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At ASA 2015 - has anyone else seen the propaganda loop on the hotel shuttle buses? What little faith I had in the organization was shattered.

 

[Consigliere]

The fact that you still had ANY faith in the ASA is commendable.

 

[IlDestriero]

Give us the executive brief.

 

[IlDestriero]

Are they still pushing for leadership of the perioperative surgical home or is that not a big focus this year?
Maybe they realized that the surgeons that don't want us to even give a single toradol dose aren't going to hand over the reigns for post op management of their surgical patients.

 

[repititionition]

Are they still pushing for leadership of the perioperative surgical home or is that not a big focus this year?
Maybe they realized that the surgeons that don't want us to even give a single toradol dose aren't going to hand over the reigns for post op management of their surgical patients.

PSH had a large presence.

It wasn't the message of the videos that killed me (that was done already). It was the delivery. I felt like they weren't even taking the viewer seriously. The videos had terrible production value. Compounding that, watching some of the leadership speak was simply painful. I know that not everyone is a gifted orator, but it is part of the core job description for most of these positions.

If you can't do it well in front of a home-team interviewer when you're on-script, I do not trust you to do it well in front of lawmakers and other policymakers.

 

[narcusprince]

My summary of the ASA. Great location the staff at the San Diego convention center were excellent. The lectures had a ton of informative material. Their also was a pretty good app that helped make attending the lectures smoother. Areas of improvement their needs to be online access to video content. Plus the CME counter needs work. And too many people glued to their iphones. I wanted to hear more at ucsd, or at mayo we, or in montreal we do....
Solid confrence.

 

[criticalelement]

Solid confrence.

if you say so.

 

[Carbocation1]

Seems like they are going all out with psh, but I am liking this hire from Derm land...

ASA Announces New Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) Executive
10.27.15

For the past four years at the American Academy of Dermatology, Fischoff strategically directed the development and dissemination of guidelines and appropriate use criteria, identification and development of practice management resources and the creation of a culture of quality within dermatology through the development of performance/outcome measures, patient safety resources and access to care tools, including the Academy’s telemedicine platform. Prior to her work at the Academy, Fischoff spent eight years at the American Medical Association where she managed the AMA Specialty Society/RVS Update Committee (RUC) recommendation process including the development of more than 1,800 recommendations for physician work, practice expense and professional liability insurance with an exceptionally high acceptance rate from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

http://www.asahq.org/about-asa/news...nces-new-perioperative-surgical-home-executive

 

[repititionition]

Seems like they are going all out with psh, but I am liking this hire from Derm land...

RVS Update Committee (RUC) recommendation process ...with an exceptionally high acceptance rate from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

http://www.asahq.org/about-asa/news...nces-new-perioperative-surgical-home-executive

So you get it. Good.

 

[IlDestriero]

Seems like they are going all out with psh, but I am liking this hire from Derm land...

ASA Announces New Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) Executive
10.27.15

For the past four years at the American Academy of Dermatology, Fischoff strategically directed the development and dissemination of guidelines and appropriate use criteria, identification and development of practice management resources and the creation of a culture of quality within dermatology through the development of performance/outcome measures, patient safety resources and access to care tools, including the Academy’s telemedicine platform. Prior to her work at the Academy, Fischoff spent eight years at the American Medical Association where she managed the AMA Specialty Society/RVS Update Committee (RUC) recommendation process including the development of more than 1,800 recommendations for physician work, practice expense and professional liability insurance with an exceptionally high acceptance rate from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).

http://www.asahq.org/about-asa/news...nces-new-perioperative-surgical-home-executive

Sounds like a great use of our money. I guess they gave up on fighting CRNAs.

 

[loveumms]

PSH had a large presence.

It wasn't the message of the videos that killed me (that was done already). It was the delivery. I felt like they weren't even taking the viewer seriously. The videos had terrible production value. Compounding that, watching many of the society's leaders speak was simply painful. I know that not everyone is a gifted orator, but it is part of the core job description for most of these positions.

If you can't do it well in front of a home-team interviewer when you're on-script, I do not trust you to do it well in front of lawmakers and other policymakers

Just curious - what are you doing to change things?

 

[Spinach Dip]

I guess they gave up on fighting CRNAs.

Did they ever start?

 

[repititionition]

Just curious - what are you doing to change things?

I've written for the ASA newsletter (distillations of policy issues like the VA nursing handbook rule) and recently had an article in a major trade magazine discussing some of the hidden costs of midlevels. I have gone to my state's capitol to lobby lawmakers directly. Considering taking a year to do ASA's (or other) policy fellowship.

I'm a second year medical student, though, so I'll readily admit that don't have much in the way of influence. I certainly hope to eventually, though.

 

[criticalelement]

I've written for the ASA newsletter (distillations of policy issues like the VA nursing handbook rule) and recently had an article in a major trade magazine discussing some of the hidden costs of midlevels. I have gone to my state's capitol to lobby lawmakers directly. Considering taking a year to do ASA's (or other) policy fellowship.

I'm a second year medical student, though, so I'll readily admit that don't have much in the way of influence. I certainly hope to eventually, though.

dont waste your time.

 

[jwk]

I've written for the ASA newsletter (distillations of policy issues like the VA nursing handbook rule) and recently had an article in a major trade magazine discussing some of the hidden costs of midlevels. I have gone to my state's capitol to lobby lawmakers directly. Considering taking a year to do ASA's (or other) policy fellowship.

I'm a second year medical student, though, so I'll readily admit that don't have much in the way of influence. I certainly hope to eventually, though.

Kudos for getting involved! Seriously.

 

[repititionition]

dont waste your time.

why? I mean, I get -why-, but would like to hear your thoughts as well?

 

[narcusprince]

I've written for the ASA newsletter (distillations of policy issues like the VA nursing handbook rule) and recently had an article in a major trade magazine discussing some of the hidden costs of midlevels. I have gone to my state's capitol to lobby lawmakers directly. Considering taking a year to do ASA's (or other) policy fellowship.

I'm a second year medical student, though, so I'll readily admit that don't have much in the way of influence. I certainly hope to eventually, though.

Brother
We need more like you in the profession. Keep writing keep standing up and give our specialty more vigor then we currently have. We are a smart group of Physicians and the hardest working folks in the hospital. Problem is we get little time for collateral duties and even less time for national political activism. Hospitals impetus is to keep us out of the office and billing in the OR. Good luck!

 

[swpm]

My summary of the ASA. Great location the staff at the San Diego convention center were excellent. The lectures had a ton of informative material. Their also was a pretty good app that helped make attending the lectures smoother. Areas of improvement their needs to be online access to video content. Plus the CME counter needs work. And too many people glued to their iphones. I wanted to hear more at ucsd, or at mayo we, or in montreal we do....
Solid confrence.

1 out of 3 ain't bad!

 

[IlDestriero]

why? I mean, I get -why-, but would like to hear your thoughts as well?

You should take the AANA Policy Fellowship instead. It's obviously a lot better than the ASA fellowship.

 

[pgg]

You should take the AANA Policy Fellowship instead. It's obviously a lot better than the ASA fellowship.

Oh, that there is funny. Sad but funny.

 

[repititionition]

You should take the AANA Policy Fellowship instead. It's obviously a lot better than the ASA fellowship.

I looked in to it. It's only 3 months long but they said it was just as good as the ASA's 12 month program.