How AI is reshaping the anesthesia workforce

Many anesthesia professionals will likely recall the rise and fall of the Sedasys platform. Touted as a revolutionary advancement that would one day put anesthesiologists and nurse anesthetists “out of work,” the Sedasys computerized propofol-infusion platform predictably generated a fierce response from anesthesia professional societies who deemed it dangerous, off-label, and fraught with medicolegal liability. Sedasys received FDA approval in 2013, but by 2016 Ethicon had shuttered the offering, citing poor sales and interest that never met expectations. One could argue that Ethicon’s aggressive marketing of Sedasys as a replacement for anesthesia professionals and the equally strong response from the medical community contributed to its demise.

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