1. Formalized preoperative screening clinics operated and staffed by anesthesiologists may replace the historical practice of sending patients to primary care physicians or consultants for “preoperative clearance.”
2. Anesthesiologists may become the coordinators of postoperative care, especially in the realm of providing comprehensive pain management.

Scope of Practice

1. Administrative Components of All Anesthesiology Practices
2. Practice Essentials
3. Evolving Practice Arrangements
4. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
5. Expansion Into Perioperative Medicine, Hospital Care, and Hyperbaric Medicine
6. Operating Room Management