Anesthesia

The Academy of Integrative Pain Management will cease operations, citing financial problems and other factors, Pain News Network reports.

Former Brentwood, Tenn.-based Comprehensive Pain Specialists CEO John Davis and CCC Medical executive Brenda Montgomery allegedly exchanged emails alluding to criminal behavior, according to federal transcripts examined by The Tennessean. 

Former anesthesiologist Rene Boucher, DO, who pleaded guilty to attacking his neighbor, U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was ordered to pay more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses, CBS News reports.

Phoenix-based Anesthesia Resources joined Richardson, Texas-based National Partners in Healthcare.

Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Hospital placed 23 employees on administrative leave after 34 patients reportedly received excessive doses of pain medication, CNN reports.

Pain specialists avoid using certain pain medications to prevent patients from becoming addicted or experiencing serious side effects, Reader's Digest reports.

When a patient at an ASC on Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus became verbally abusing and threatening, staff worked quickly to de-escalate the situation, Anesthesia Experts reports.

Hospitals' outpatient drug expenditure per admission grew 28.7 percent between 2015 and 2017, according to a study commissioned by the American Hospital Association, Federation of American Hospitals and American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.

Evanston, Ill.-based NorthShore University HealthSystem's Mark A. Deshur, MD, shared how he and his colleagues identified ongoing problems using data from their anesthesia information management system, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.

Anesthesiologist Sudha Parikh, MD, received the Nari Udyami Award for her philanthropic contributions Jan. 2, News India reports.