Review Office-based anesthesia: new frontiers, better outcomes, and emphasis on safety. Citation Text: Desai MS. Office-based anesthesia: new frontiers, better outcomes, and emphasis on safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2008;21(6):699-703. doi:10.1097/ACO.0b013e328313e879. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL February 11, 2009 Desai MS. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2008;21(6):699-703. View more articles from the same authors. This review article examines the evolution of safety in office-based anesthesia along with the need to apply evidence-based improvement strategies while adopting technological advances. PubMed citation Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Desai MS. Office-based anesthesia: new frontiers, better outcomes, and emphasis on safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2008;21(6):699-703. doi:10.1097/ACO.0b013e328313e879. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Eight recommendations for policies for communicating abnormal test results. May 5, 2010 Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. May 16, 2007 Residency schedule, burnout and patient care among first-year residents. September 4, 2013 Building an ambulatory safety program at an academic health system. May 15, 2019 Inpatient safety outcomes following the 2011 residency work-hour reform. April 2, 2014 Diagnostic errors and the bedside clinical examination. June 27, 2018 Patterns of disrespectful physician behavior at an academic medical center: implications for training, prevention, and remediation. December 12, 2018 Understanding test results follow-up in the ambulatory setting: analysis of multiple perspectives. October 24, 2018 Resident duty hours and medical education policy—raising the evidence bar. April 12, 2017 Closing the loop with ambulatory staff on safety reports. December 4, 2019 Mitigating hazards through continuing design: the birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit. May 3, 2006 Time out: the impact of physician burnout on patient care quality and safety in perioperative medicine. July 5, 2023 Harnessing event report data to identify diagnostic error during the COVID-19 pandemic. December 15, 2021 A case of the birth and death of a high reliability healthcare organisation. June 22, 2005 Association between hospital penalty status under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and readmission rates for target and nontarget conditions. January 18, 2017 Assessment of a simulated case-based measurement of physician diagnostic performance. January 23, 2019 Cognitive aids in the management of clinical emergencies: a systematic review. January 18, 2023 Rapid-cycle improvement during the COVID-19 pandemic: using safety reports to inform incident command. October 7, 2020 Ambulatory virtual care during a pandemic: patient safety considerations. March 9, 2022 Effect of the 2011 vs 2003 duty hour regulation-compliant models on sleep duration, trainee education, and continuity of patient care among internal medicine house staff: a randomized trial. April 3, 2013 Ambulatory medication reconciliation: using a collaborative approach to process improvement at an academic medical center. March 30, 2016 Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm. January 30, 2005 Processes for identifying and reviewing adverse events and near misses at an academic medical center. January 18, 2017 Multidisciplinary approach to inpatient medication reconciliation in an academic setting. May 9, 2007 Anticoagulant medication errors in nursing homes: characteristics, causes, outcomes, and association with patient harm. August 7, 2013 Hidden curricula, ethics, and professionalism: clinical learning environments in becoming and being a physician: a position paper of the American College of Physicians. February 28, 2018 Ambulatory safety nets to reduce missed and delayed diagnoses of cancer. August 14, 2019 Classifying safety events related to diagnostic imaging from a safety reporting system using a human factors framework. May 29, 2019 Classification of health information technology safety events in a pediatric tertiary care hospital. June 7, 2023 Impact of an electronic alert notification system embedded in radiologists' workflow on closed-loop communication of critical results: a time series analysis. October 28, 2015 Medical costs of Alzheimer's disease misdiagnosis among US Medicare beneficiaries. August 26, 2015 Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates after hospital discharge. August 9, 2017 High-priority drug–drug interactions for use in electronic health records. September 19, 2012 Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test ordering and diagnosis. May 23, 2018 Communication with patients and families regarding health care-associated exposure to coronavirus 2019: a checklist to facilitate disclosure. August 12, 2020 A Department of Medicine infrastructure for patient safety and clinical quality improvement. December 20, 2017 Assessing information sources to elucidate diagnostic process errors in radiologic imaging—a human factors framework. September 5, 2018 Automated capture of intraoperative adverse events using artificial intelligence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. March 15, 2023 Drug–drug interactions that should be non-interruptive in order to reduce alert fatigue in electronic health records. October 31, 2012 Does increased schedule flexibility lead to change? A national survey of program directors on 2017 work hours requirements. September 23, 2020 Optimization of drug–drug interaction alert rules in a pediatric hospital's electronic health record system using a visual analytics dashboard. December 10, 2014 Improving admission medication reconciliation with pharmacists or pharmacy technicians in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial. November 8, 2017 Risk management: extreme honesty may be the best policy. March 27, 2005 Education outcomes from a duty-hour flexibility trial in internal medicine. March 28, 2018 Analgesic prescribing errors and associated medication characteristics. January 12, 2011 Patient safety in dentistry—state of play as revealed by a national database of errors. October 3, 2012 The perceived impact of duty hour restrictions on the residency environment: a survey of residency program directors. June 14, 2006 The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit. January 10, 2007 Bullying of junior doctors prevails in Irish health system: a bitter reality. December 7, 2005 Teaching novice clinicians how to reduce diagnostic waste and errors by applying the Toyota Production System. April 10, 2019 Strategies to reduce medication errors in pediatric ambulatory settings. April 4, 2012 Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety. June 8, 2011 Using standardised patients in an objective structured clinical examination as a patient safety tool. March 6, 2005 The investigation and analysis of critical incidents and adverse events in healthcare. May 25, 2005 Inaccuracy of ECG interpretations reported to the poison center. March 23, 2011 Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions. September 28, 2011 Qualities and attributes of a safe practitioner: identification of safety skills in healthcare. January 26, 2011 The use of pharmaceuticals for dialysis patients. How well do we know our patients' allergies? March 11, 2009 Clinical triggers: an alternative to a rapid response team. March 4, 2009 How house officers cope with their mistakes. March 6, 2005 Do house officers learn from their mistakes? March 6, 2005 Building nursing intellectual capital for safe use of information technology: a systematic review. February 9, 2011 Plan for quality to improve patient safety at the point of care. August 17, 2011 Workarounds to intended use of health information technology: a narrative review of the human factors engineering literature. May 2, 2018 A piece of my mind. Snakes on a dock. September 21, 2016 Concept analysis: wrong-site surgery. June 17, 2015 Among the elderly, many mental illnesses go undiagnosed. May 20, 2015 Maintaining safety in the dialysis facility. May 27, 2015 A piece of my mind. I'm sorry. July 1, 2015 Use of a public health law framework to improve medication safety by anesthesia providers. March 20, 2019 Adverse events during dental care for children: implications for practitioner health and wellness. December 19, 2018 High reliability: truly achieving healthcare quality and safety. April 24, 2013 Skin-deep diagnosis: affective bias and zebra retreat complicating the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis. March 6, 2013 The relationship between safety culture and patient outcomes: results from pilot meta-analyses. July 24, 2013 Diagnostic errors and diagnostic calibration. September 6, 2017 A piece of my mind. Despite my best intentions. November 22, 2017 Evidence and efficacy: time to think beyond the traditional randomised controlled trial in patient safety studies. April 24, 2019 Monitoring teamwork: a narrative review. February 22, 2017 Tubing safety in the obstetric setting: preventing medication errors. May 6, 2009 Ethical and legal issues in the use of health information technology to improve patient safety. October 15, 2008 Quality and patient safety. Engaging your board to take the lead. March 29, 2006 Medication prescribing errors involving the route of administration. December 13, 2006 Counting for patient safety. September 6, 2006 The role of the chief executive officer in maximizing patient safety. April 11, 2007 Patient safety in the dialysis facility. January 11, 2006 Root cause analysis. February 28, 2007 Disclosing adverse events: you said it, now write it. August 30, 2006 The nuclear power industry as an alternative analogy for safety in anaesthesia and a novel approach for the conceptualisation of safety goals. November 2, 2005 The iatrogenic-harm cost equation and new technology. September 7, 2005 The drive toward transparency: enhancing openness and accountability. July 27, 2005 Patient safety: planting the seed. July 20, 2005 Anesthesia safety: model or myth? A review of the published literature and analysis of current original data. March 6, 2005 Diagnostic delays and errors in head and neck cancer patients: opportunities for improvement. April 27, 2016 Strategies for improving communication in the emergency department: mediums and messages in a noisy environment. July 24, 2013 Development of a rating system for surgeons' non-technical skills. November 8, 2006 Attitudes to teamwork and safety in the operating theatre. June 28, 2006 International comparability of patient safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses. January 30, 2005 Exploring attitudes and opinions of pharmacists toward delivering prescribing error feedback: a qualitative case study using focus group interviews. November 4, 2015 Exploring pharmacist experiences of delivering individualised prescribing error feedback in an acute hospital setting. January 16, 2019 Pharmacist linkage in care transitions: from academic medical center to community. October 30, 2019 View More Related Resources Fire safety in the operating room. October 1, 2023 Guidelines on Human Factors in Critical Situations 2023. August 9, 2023 Patient safety of perioperative medication through the lens of digital health and artificial intelligence. June 28, 2023 Perioperative handoff enhancement opportunities through technology and artificial intelligence: a narrative review. June 14, 2023 Interview In Conversation with... Susan McGrath, PhD and George Blike, MD about Surveillance Monitoring April 26, 2023 Perspective Surveillance Monitoring to Improve Patient Safety in Acute Hospital Care Units April 26, 2023 Perspectives on Safety Annual Perspective Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety March 29, 2023 Association between opioid tapering and subsequent health care use, medication adherence, and chronic condition control. March 1, 2023 Artificial intelligence, patient safety, and achieving the quintuple aim in anesthesiology. February 22, 2023 National Safety Standards for Invasive Procedures (NatSSIPs2). February 7, 2023 Medication use evaluation of high-dose long-term opioid de-prescribing in multiple Veterans Affairs medical centers. January 18, 2023 Technology, Education and Safety. December 7, 2022 Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. November 9, 2022 Potentially inappropriate medication administration is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study. September 14, 2022 Long-term risk of overdose or mental health crisis after opioid dose tapering. July 13, 2022 WebM&M Cases Intraosseous Line Extravasation in a Pediatric Trauma Patient April 27, 2022 Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. A notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 23, 2022 Association of adverse events in opioid addiction treatment with quality measure for continuity of pharmacotherapy. February 16, 2022 Medication errors in overweight and obese pediatric patients: a systematic review. February 9, 2022 "Some version, most of the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation. January 19, 2022 CDC guideline for opioid prescribing associated with reduced dispensing to certain patients with chronic pain. November 17, 2021 Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids. August 25, 2021 Systematic review of intraoperative anesthesia handoffs and handoff tools. July 21, 2021 Technology, Education and Safety. December 2, 2020 The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: perioperative deterioration--early recognition, rapid intervention, and the end of failure-to-rescue. November 11, 2020 Nonoperating room anaesthesia: safety, monitoring, cognitive aids and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. August 12, 2020 Developing perioperative Covid-19 testing protocols to restore surgical services. July 22, 2020 The Care We Need July 8, 2020 Medication safety: reducing anesthesia medication errors and adverse drug events in dentistry part I and II. May 6, 2020 Pain management best practices from multispecialty organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crises. April 29, 2020 View More See More About The Topic Ambulatory Clinic or Office Health Care Providers Risk Managers Policy Makers Anesthesiology View More
Communication outcomes of critical imaging results in a computerized notification system. May 16, 2007
Patterns of disrespectful physician behavior at an academic medical center: implications for training, prevention, and remediation. December 12, 2018
Understanding test results follow-up in the ambulatory setting: analysis of multiple perspectives. October 24, 2018
Mitigating hazards through continuing design: the birth and evolution of a pediatric intensive care unit. May 3, 2006
Time out: the impact of physician burnout on patient care quality and safety in perioperative medicine. July 5, 2023
Harnessing event report data to identify diagnostic error during the COVID-19 pandemic. December 15, 2021
Association between hospital penalty status under the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program and readmission rates for target and nontarget conditions. January 18, 2017
Assessment of a simulated case-based measurement of physician diagnostic performance. January 23, 2019
Rapid-cycle improvement during the COVID-19 pandemic: using safety reports to inform incident command. October 7, 2020
Effect of the 2011 vs 2003 duty hour regulation-compliant models on sleep duration, trainee education, and continuity of patient care among internal medicine house staff: a randomized trial. April 3, 2013
Ambulatory medication reconciliation: using a collaborative approach to process improvement at an academic medical center. March 30, 2016
Medication errors during patient transitions into nursing homes: characteristics and association with patient harm. January 30, 2005
Processes for identifying and reviewing adverse events and near misses at an academic medical center. January 18, 2017
Multidisciplinary approach to inpatient medication reconciliation in an academic setting. May 9, 2007
Anticoagulant medication errors in nursing homes: characteristics, causes, outcomes, and association with patient harm. August 7, 2013
Hidden curricula, ethics, and professionalism: clinical learning environments in becoming and being a physician: a position paper of the American College of Physicians. February 28, 2018
Classifying safety events related to diagnostic imaging from a safety reporting system using a human factors framework. May 29, 2019
Classification of health information technology safety events in a pediatric tertiary care hospital. June 7, 2023
Impact of an electronic alert notification system embedded in radiologists' workflow on closed-loop communication of critical results: a time series analysis. October 28, 2015
Association of changing hospital readmission rates with mortality rates after hospital discharge. August 9, 2017
Evaluating a mobile application for improving clinical laboratory test ordering and diagnosis. May 23, 2018
Communication with patients and families regarding health care-associated exposure to coronavirus 2019: a checklist to facilitate disclosure. August 12, 2020
A Department of Medicine infrastructure for patient safety and clinical quality improvement. December 20, 2017
Assessing information sources to elucidate diagnostic process errors in radiologic imaging—a human factors framework. September 5, 2018
Automated capture of intraoperative adverse events using artificial intelligence: a systematic review and meta-analysis. March 15, 2023
Drug–drug interactions that should be non-interruptive in order to reduce alert fatigue in electronic health records. October 31, 2012
Does increased schedule flexibility lead to change? A national survey of program directors on 2017 work hours requirements. September 23, 2020
Optimization of drug–drug interaction alert rules in a pediatric hospital's electronic health record system using a visual analytics dashboard. December 10, 2014
Improving admission medication reconciliation with pharmacists or pharmacy technicians in the emergency department: a randomised controlled trial. November 8, 2017
Patient safety in dentistry—state of play as revealed by a national database of errors. October 3, 2012
The perceived impact of duty hour restrictions on the residency environment: a survey of residency program directors. June 14, 2006
The attitudes and beliefs of healthcare professionals on the causes and reporting of medication errors in a UK intensive care unit. January 10, 2007
Teaching novice clinicians how to reduce diagnostic waste and errors by applying the Toyota Production System. April 10, 2019
Shortage of perioperative drugs: implications for anesthesia practice and patient safety. June 8, 2011
Using standardised patients in an objective structured clinical examination as a patient safety tool. March 6, 2005
Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions. September 28, 2011
Qualities and attributes of a safe practitioner: identification of safety skills in healthcare. January 26, 2011
The use of pharmaceuticals for dialysis patients. How well do we know our patients' allergies? March 11, 2009
Building nursing intellectual capital for safe use of information technology: a systematic review. February 9, 2011
Workarounds to intended use of health information technology: a narrative review of the human factors engineering literature. May 2, 2018
Use of a public health law framework to improve medication safety by anesthesia providers. March 20, 2019
Adverse events during dental care for children: implications for practitioner health and wellness. December 19, 2018
Skin-deep diagnosis: affective bias and zebra retreat complicating the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis. March 6, 2013
The relationship between safety culture and patient outcomes: results from pilot meta-analyses. July 24, 2013
Evidence and efficacy: time to think beyond the traditional randomised controlled trial in patient safety studies. April 24, 2019
Ethical and legal issues in the use of health information technology to improve patient safety. October 15, 2008
The nuclear power industry as an alternative analogy for safety in anaesthesia and a novel approach for the conceptualisation of safety goals. November 2, 2005
Anesthesia safety: model or myth? A review of the published literature and analysis of current original data. March 6, 2005
Diagnostic delays and errors in head and neck cancer patients: opportunities for improvement. April 27, 2016
Strategies for improving communication in the emergency department: mediums and messages in a noisy environment. July 24, 2013
International comparability of patient safety indicators in 15 OECD member countries: a methodological approach of adjustment by secondary diagnoses. January 30, 2005
Exploring attitudes and opinions of pharmacists toward delivering prescribing error feedback: a qualitative case study using focus group interviews. November 4, 2015
Exploring pharmacist experiences of delivering individualised prescribing error feedback in an acute hospital setting. January 16, 2019
Patient safety of perioperative medication through the lens of digital health and artificial intelligence. June 28, 2023
Perioperative handoff enhancement opportunities through technology and artificial intelligence: a narrative review. June 14, 2023
Interview In Conversation with... Susan McGrath, PhD and George Blike, MD about Surveillance Monitoring April 26, 2023
Perspective Surveillance Monitoring to Improve Patient Safety in Acute Hospital Care Units April 26, 2023
Perspectives on Safety Annual Perspective Technology as a Tool for Improving Patient Safety March 29, 2023
Association between opioid tapering and subsequent health care use, medication adherence, and chronic condition control. March 1, 2023
Artificial intelligence, patient safety, and achieving the quintuple aim in anesthesiology. February 22, 2023
Medication use evaluation of high-dose long-term opioid de-prescribing in multiple Veterans Affairs medical centers. January 18, 2023
Factors impacting on patient setup analysis and error management during breast cancer radiotherapy. November 9, 2022
Potentially inappropriate medication administration is associated with adverse postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients: a retrospective cohort study. September 14, 2022
Proposed 2022 CDC clinical practice guideline for prescribing opioids. A notice by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. February 23, 2022
Association of adverse events in opioid addiction treatment with quality measure for continuity of pharmacotherapy. February 16, 2022
"Some version, most of the time": the surgical safety checklist, patient safety, and the everyday experience of practice variation. January 19, 2022
CDC guideline for opioid prescribing associated with reduced dispensing to certain patients with chronic pain. November 17, 2021
Association of dose tapering with overdose or mental health crisis among patients prescribed long-term opioids. August 25, 2021
The Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation Stoelting Conference 2019: perioperative deterioration--early recognition, rapid intervention, and the end of failure-to-rescue. November 11, 2020
Nonoperating room anaesthesia: safety, monitoring, cognitive aids and severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. August 12, 2020
Medication safety: reducing anesthesia medication errors and adverse drug events in dentistry part I and II. May 6, 2020
Pain management best practices from multispecialty organizations during the COVID-19 pandemic and public health crises. April 29, 2020