Anesthesia

Several hospitals have switched anesthesia providers or expanded existing anesthesia contracts in 2019.

Minneapolis-based Abbott Northwestern Hospital plans to replace its anesthesia provider next year, according to the Star Tribune.

The American Pain Society filed for bankruptcy by the vote of its membership, which faced an array of costly legal battles.

Portland, Ore.-based Anesthesia Associates NW deployed a new anesthesia information management system to support its expanding business.

Madhav Swaminathan, MD, was installed as president of the American Society of Echocardiography on June 25, becoming the first anesthesiologist to hold the position.

Although anesthesiologists had the highest average salary in 2018, their employment numbers were far surpassed by other specialists, according to Quartz.

Out of 804 occupations tracked, anesthesiologists had the highest average salary in 2018, according to Quartz.

Although transverse abdominis plane blocks could improve pain management and reduce opioid use, providers have been slow to adopt this modality, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Mercy Hospital Southwest was fined $83,250 after an anesthesiologist accidentally injected a cesarean section patient with heart failure medication rather than numbing medication, Bakersfield.com reports.

Two physicians in Duke Anesthesiology's Ambulatory Anesthesia Division were recognized at an event celebrating a systemwide perioperative initiative.