The Effects of Anesthesia Availability and CRNA Scope of Practice on Veterans’ Access to Surgery (1 Class A CE)

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM PT

Location: CC- Lower Level- Hall B

Speaker(s)

Julia Melinda Harris, CRNA, MSN, FAANA

Health Policy PhD Student
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, California, United States
Kevin N. Griffith, PhD

Assistant Professor of Health Policy
Vanderbilt University Medical Center’s Department of Health Policy and VHA Partnered Evidence-Based Policy Resource Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

This lecture will review late breaking research conducted within the Veterans Health Administration leveraging the U.S. COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) as a natural experiment. These data will be used to evaluate physician oversight of Nurse Anesthesiologists and changes in Veteran outcomes. These outcomes included post-anesthesia care unit (PACU) time, surgical cancellation rates and delays, post-surgical mortality, readmissions, and both VA and community care surgical volumes with fiscal impact analysis.

Class A credit can only be earned for participation in synchronous learning via live in-person or live webinar sessions. In-person attendees can only receive Class A credit for the sessions they attend live.

Due to CE guidelines, sessions which are recorded will not be available for viewing immediately following Congress.

Learning Objectives:

Describe how physician oversight of nurse anesthesiologists within the VHA influences surgical cancellation rates and delays.
Describe how physician oversight of nurse anesthesiologists within the VHA influences post-surgical mortality.
Describe how physician oversight of nurse anesthesiologists within the VHA influences referrals of veterans to community care services.