CRNAs are essential for safe and timely anesthesia care in California
November 14, 2024
CAPITOLWEEKLY.NET
OPINION – Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) play an indispensable role in California’s health care system, particularly for underserved and rural communities where anesthesia access is critical, yet limited. For decades, California CRNAs have independently provided safe, cost-effective, and patient-centered anesthesia care—a policy reinforced by state statute and upheld by court rulings and regulatory guidance.
California’s independent, collaborative anesthesia model allows physician anesthesiologists and CRNAs to function in an identical capacity in the surgery suite.
