What Anesthesiology Has to Learn from Implementation Science and Quality Improvement

Editorial| June 2022 What Anesthesiology Has to Learn from Implementation Science and Quality Improvement Meghan B. Lane-Fall, M.D., M.S.H.P., F.C.C.M. Meghan B. Lane-Fall, M.D., M.S.H.P., F.C.C.M. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Perelman School of Medicine; Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics; Center for Perioperative Outcomes Research and Transformation; and Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7050-0017 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Author and Article Information This editorial accompanies the article on p. 901. This article has a related Infographic on p. A17. Accepted for publication March 16, 2022. Published online first on April 11, 2022. Address correspondence to Dr. Lane-Fall: Anesthesiology June 2022, Vol. 136, 875–876. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004206 Connected Content Article: Quantitative Neuromuscular Monitoring in Clinical Practice: A Professional Practice Change Initiative Infographic: Twitch Monitor to Choose? Quantitative Intraoperative Neuromuscular Monitoring Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Meghan B. Lane-Fall; What Anesthesiology Has to Learn from Implementation Science and Quality Improvement. Anesthesiology 2022; 136:875–876 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004206 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsAnesthesiology Search Advanced Search Topics: implementation science, quality improvement In the 1960s, sociologist Everett Rogers puzzled over why farmers, when confronted with the opportunity to use superior seeds, decided to keep using the seeds they had always used. His observations formed the underpinnings of his diffusion of innovations theory, which explains how technologic innovations came to be adopted across populations.1 Diffusion of innovations is one of the foundational theories of implementation science,2 the discipline concerned with promoting the uptake of evidence-based interventions meant to improve health.3 Perhaps, similar to Rogers, anesthesia professionals have puzzled over why evidence-based interventions in perioperative care—examples include the use of active warming during general anesthesia and the use of protocols and checklists to structure team processes—are not consistently used in practice. In this issue of Anesthesiology, Weigel et al.4 tackle the adoption of quantitative neuromuscular monitoring, an evidence-based practice shown to decrease the incidence of residual weakness after the... You do not currently have access to this content.