TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 65. Regional Anesthesia in Community Practice A1 - Marino, Joseph A2 - Hadzic, Admir PY - 2007 T2 - NYSORA Textbook of Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Management AB - A renewed interest in the treatment of postoperative pain, together with the need for expedient operating room management, creates a professional mandate for the development of safe anesthetic alternatives to the ubiquitous general anesthesia. It is well documented that regional anesthesia helps to decrease opioid-related side effects, facilitates the bypass of the postanesthesia care unit, shortens the turnover times, facilitates early patient discharge, and decreases the risk of unanticipated hospital admissions.1–5 However, a variety of factors germane to the private practice of anesthesiology hinders the wider application of a regional anesthesia-driven service to the community setting. These factors include increased production pressure due to an accelerated surgical pace and volume and a demand for efficiency. In addition, the lack of resources, a shortfall in assistance, and the capricious state of third-party reimbursement often force the specialty to question whether these services can be implemented and offered in a community setting. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3507969 ER -