VeriOp turns a patient chart into an anesthesia verdict in 30 seconds — ASA class, cardiac risk, meds to hold, and the pre-op form already filled in.
The APSF now warns zero-opioid protocols may harm patients. What ASC CRNAs and plastic surgeons need to know about individualized multimodal analgesia in 2026.
Why a signed medical clearance still gets cancelled by anesthesia at 6:50 a.m., what each cancellation costs an ASC, the five chart findings behind most of them, and what software has to do to stop them.
A medical clearance is not an anesthesia clearance. What each document actually attests to, who is accountable for which decision, and why the distinction is where same-day cancellations begin.
The 2026 office-based anesthesia safety framework every CRNA and surgeon needs — accreditation gaps, patient selection, and emergency preparedness.
2026 closed-claims data reveals how rising ASC patient acuity is outpacing pre-op risk stratification. Here's what ambulatory anesthesia safety requires now.
The 2026 CAS Guidelines made processed EEG monitoring required equipment for all GA settings. Here's what every TIVA-running ASC and CRNA needs to do now.
New 2025–2026 hypertension guidelines reset day-of-surgery BP thresholds and ACEI/ARB hold decisions. What every ASC, CRNA, and surgeon must know now.
The 2026 AORN local anesthesia guideline is here. What plastic surgeons and CRNAs must know about LAST prevention, lipid emulsion, and ASC preparedness.
OSA perioperative management in ASCs is changing fast. Learn why 2014/2016 guidelines fail today's patients—and what to do before new standards drop.
CMS added 560 procedures to the ASC covered procedures list in 2026. Here's what it means for pre-op screening, anesthesia staffing, and patient selection.
ADA 2026 mandates a 3–4 day SGLT2i hold before elective surgery. Learn how ASCs can close the euglycemic DKA blind spot in perioperative workflows.
The 5th PONV Consensus Guidelines (Nov 2025) mandate near-universal multimodal prophylaxis. Here's what ASCs and CRNAs must change now.
2026 AORN & ASA guidelines raise the bar for local anesthetic systemic toxicity preparedness at ASCs. Here's what your team must do right now.
The ASA 2026 perioperative pain guidelines strongly recommend fascial plane blocks for mastectomy, abdominal, and cardiothoracic surgery. Here's what your ASC and CRNA team must do now.
A CRNA's tour of every feature in the VeriOp anesthesia EHR — auto-filled pre-op forms, swipe-or-screenshot vitals, voice-to-chart, Consult AI, and a Safety Co-Pilot — and how each helps anesthesia providers and surgeons.
Anthem's anesthesia time caps are denying claims now. Here's what private practices and ASCs must do in 2026 to protect reimbursement and stay viable.
What AI actually does (and doesn't do) for anesthesia providers in 2026. From a practicing CRNA, not a vendor.
Seven criteria that separate software built for the OR from generic form generators with anesthesia branding.
What AI tools actually save a CRNA time in 2026 — ranked by daily-use leverage. From a practicing nurse anesthetist.
Four concrete reasons CRNAs, anesthesiologists, and CAAs are moving to AI pre-op workflows this year.
From 10 minutes per chart to 30 seconds. The mechanics of how it actually works — and why the CRNA still owns every call.
Under the hood of AI pre-op charting in 2026. The five stages a clearance document goes through, with no marketing varnish.
Five questions every anesthesiologist should ask before adopting an AI pre-op tool — from a CRNA-founder who works alongside MDs.
The compliance and liability questions vendors avoid and providers should not. A plain-English breakdown of BAAs, PHI flow, override surfaces, and decision-support framing.
Four generations of anesthesia documentation. What each one got right, what it got wrong, and where the stack is now in 2026.
How CAAs are integrating AI into the Anesthesia Care Team model in 2026 — practical, state-aware, and workflow-grounded.
Plain English. Real examples. The cusp between ASA II and III is where elective cases live or die — here's how to call it.
The 2026 evidence-based panel by age, comorbidity, and case type. Plus the labs you can stop ordering out of habit.
No single Hb cutoff exists — the answer is case-by-case. Cutoffs for cosmetic, ortho, and general surgery, plus the anemia workup before re-scheduling.
The PCP letter that lands on your coordinator's desk is not a clearance. Here's the 5-step workflow that turns it into one — and prevents $15K–$30K same-day cancellations.
Section-by-section walkthrough of the standard anesthesia pre-op form with what each field is for and the common errors that delay or cancel cases.
The first randomized trial of an AI chatbot in preoperative care just published, and the ASA calls perioperative medicine central to healthcare's future. What it means for ASCs.
TIVA, no volatile anesthetics, processed EEG and cerebral oximetry, regional preferred. A clinical playbook for the anesthesia team — based on the ASA, APSF, SPA, and ESAIC joint statements — with a one-page intraop checklist and references.
Why we recommend a 14-day GLP-1 hold before elective surgery — and what GI colleagues are still finding on endoscopy a month after patients stop their weekly injection.
Same-day surgical cancellation cost can devastate private practices. A practicing CRNA reveals the true revenue impact and how to prevent OR cancellations.
A CRNA-founder's breakdown of the nine things that get cosmetic and elective cases canceled the morning of surgery — and the dollar math behind each one.