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January 1999
Volume 63 |
Number 1
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| American Society
of Anesthesiologists Strategic Plan: 1999-2001 |
Vision
The American Society of Anesthesiologists is dedicated to the
interests of patients and ASA members in all aspects of the practice
of anesthesiology.
Mission
ASA is the organization of physician specialists in anesthesiology
representing professionals providing ethical anesthesia care.
ASA serves patients, the public, physicians and other professionals
who deliver such care by defining and advancing the standard of
anesthesia care and supporting the practice of anesthesiology.
Organizational Values
- Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine
- Patient welfare and advocacy is foremost in all ASA activities
- Education and research
- Ethical principles
- Professional advocacy
- Service to the community
Goals
- Continue to provide education to members and improve public
education as it relates to anesthesiology.
- Create the mechanisms to support practice management programs,
improve communications and marketing of the specialty and identify
and promote professional opportunities.
- Advocate for the needs of patients, the public, and ASA members
with state and federal governmental entities, third-party payers,
consumer groups and other professional organizations.
- Support or conduct research to foster optimal patient care
and advancement of the specialty.
- Create an efficient and effective governance and administrative
system that supports member services, information needs and
future planning.
Three-Year Objectives: 1999-2001
Goal 1:
Continue to provide education to members and improve public education
as it relates to anesthesiology.
- Expand and improve educational opportunities to members.
- Promote the use of technology (e.g., Internet, CD-ROM, video
and audiotapes, simulators and chat rooms with experts) to increase
availability of scientific and practice management information.
- Determine opportunities
for increased member and spokesperson interface with the public.
- Identify areas of public interest for the specialty of anesthesiology.
Goal 2:
Create the mechanisms to support practice managment programs, improve
communications and marketing of the specialty, and identify and
promote professional opportuties.
- Increase practice management educational activities.
- Develop internal practice management and clinical databases.
- Develop educational programs to support expanded clinical
and administrative roles for anesthesiologists.
- Evaluate the potential role of ASA in collective bargaining.
- Develop a mechanism for credentialing and criteria for privileging.
- Increase efforts in proactive media public relations activities.
- Enhance the communication network within the specialty.
- Promote administrative and clinical professional opportunities.
- Identify and promote leadership potential within the specialty.
- Focus the responsibility for member services in the infrastructure
and governance of the Society.
Goal 3:
Advocate for the needs of patients, the public and ASA members with
state and federal governmental entities, third-party payers, consumer
groups and other professional organizations.
- Advocate that an anesthesiologist participate in every
anesthetic administered in the United States.
- Establish physician continuity in ASA's relationship with
state and federal government agencies.
- Endeavor to improve relationships with nonphysician anesthesia
personnel.
- Educate other physicians of the importance of the anesthesiologist
to optimal patient care.
- Encourage participation in medical staff and medical community
activities.
- Educate third-party payers, consumer groups and governmental
agencies of the value of the anesthesiologist in optimal patient
care.
- Promote the involvement of anesthesiologists in public health
issues and physician well-being.
- Advocate for moral and ethical practice of medicine and anesthesiology.
Goal 4:
Support or conduct research to foster optimal patient care and advancement
of the specialty.
- Promote the financial viability of the Society's three foundations.
- Encourage the dissemination of clinically relevant research.
- Assure adequate facilities for research presentations at
the Annual Meeting.
- Foster "outcomes research" projects.
- Encourage research in administrative and management issues
important to anesthesiologists.
Goal 5:
Create an efficient and effective governance and administrative
system that supports member services, information needs and future
planning.
- Annually review and update ASA's strategic plan.
- Create a plan by July 1, 1999, to facilitate and streamline
decision-making by the elected leadership.
- Review the efficiency and appropriateness of the organization's
committee structure and appointment process.
- Require that operational entities (e.g., sections, committees,
and councils) be charged with specific, goal-oriented tasks
which must be consistent with the strategic plan, and must be
accomplished within finite time periods.
- Facilitate the achievement of electronic communications by
a majority of members by the year 2000.
- Devote adequate resources to assess and respond to data information
needs of the membership and continually strive to meet the goals
and objectives of the strategic plan.
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