Anaesthetic Group was founded by the wife of an Anaesthetist. With over 15 years’ experience as general manager of an e-commerce and manufacturing business, her true passion lies in automation and efficiency.
The link began with a simple pre-op questionnaire created for her husband in 2012, to improve his practice, and make his processes more efficient. As there was nothing available at the time, he had been sending out paper questionnaires or calling patients to ensure their anaesthetic and informed financial consent details were in order prior to their admission. He found this frustrating – he’d be making calls in the evening after a long work day, or on days he had “off”, that he’d even turn down work or social plans to keep free. Certainly not a happy work/life/wife balance. Plus when he rang, it wasn’t always a convenient time to speak to the patient – many were busy at work themselves or simply didn’t answer the phone, plus of the paper questionnaires many arrived late, lacked details or were illegible. The key goal was to give him more time, and allow him focus on what he does best, and the only thing he gets paid for, anaesthetising.
When other Anaesthetists asked for their own questionnaire, Anaesthetic Group was formed.
Public hospital pre-admission clinics assess and optimise a patient prior to their procedure, Anaesthetic Group aims to ensure that patients in the private hospital setting are similarly screened prior to the day of surgery.
“If you’ve ever met me, seen me talk at an anaesthetic conference, or read my articles, you’ll know that Anaesthetic Group began purely to help my husband – I’m an Anaesthetist’s wife. What you may not know is that it wasn’t simply to help him become more efficient, and better prepared for patients. It was, above all else, to ensure he had more time for ‘us’.
Since using the online questionnaire, like his colleagues and our other members, he’s managed to save time, have less bad debts (and move to prepayments) and even have time for more private work that he would have spent the time chasing up pre-op assessment.
I have great respect for doctors. And I’m not medical. As Anaesthetists, you have people’s lives in your hands. If that’s not stressful, I don’t know what is. Maybe that’s why you all care so much about being great Anaesthetists, and prepare so thoroughly for each operation. I love that about your profession – and your patients do too.
If there was ever someone out there with the aim of making an Anaesthetist’s life more efficient – it’s someone like me, the wife of an Anaesthetist! I see what you go through day in day out, and with a business efficiency background I thrive off creating ‘a better way’. So feel free to sign up today, we only charge one low monthly fee and you can cancel at any time. I’m also always here for you to contact and I love to receive your feedback.”
