Question

2a. After reading the Chakravarthy (2015) article, provide a brief review of what you believe the author meant by the following statement:

“Therefore, it is relevant for cardiac anesthesiologists to realize that there is no alternative but to practice TQM; they better practice ‘scientific art!’”

2b. Do you believe the Chakravarthy (2015) article is relevant to EBP in Healthcare? Why or why not?

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Answer 1

2a, In this article author, mentions the statement ' therefore, it is relevant for the cardiac anesthetist to realize that there is no alternative but to practice TQM; they better practice 'scientific art !'
Anesthesiologist Total Quality Management models promote safety and avoid adverse anesthesia events and improve quality to become models to standardize. Most of the clinician they are busy with a high volume of patients, they are not following guidelines and not providing quality care. Most of the cardiac anesthesiologists doing their anesthesia procedure as per the experience not as per standardizing. If they use the guidelines for each cardiac procedure and treat as per protocol can improve safety by doing the right things. It reduces the per capita cost of health care, improves patient safety, quality and satisfaction. Author mention for cardiac anesthesiologists to follow Total Quality management, because there will be major adverse cardinal events if they did not follow the guidelines for their cardiac procedure.
2b, Yes, Charavarhty (2015) article is relevant to EBP in health care, because this approach is the interdisciplinary and best approach to the delivery of health care. Total quality management(TQM) and Evidence-based practice(EBP) focus on cost-effectiveness practice to improve the quality and safety of health care.