Although Veterans Health Administration facilities primarily use anesthesia care teams, certified registered nurse anesthetists often practice without supervision, according to a study published in the Federal Practitioner.
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Herrin, Ill.-based Southern Orthopedic Associates plans to add pain management services at its Metropolis, Ill.-based ASC.
Shital Parikh Mars, CEO of the prescription and compounded medications provider PharmCo RX, cut through the noise on the opioid epidemic and alternative therapies, telling Becker's ASC Review what pain physicians really need to know.
Anesthesiologist William Husel, DO, requested a hearing to appeal his medical license suspension after he was fired by Columbus, Ohio-based Mount Carmel Health System, WOSU Public Media reports.
Institutions around the country offered anesthesia-related insights at the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Practice Management 2019, Jan. 18-20 in Las Vegas, according to Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira.
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Anesthesiologists seem to spend less time online than other specialties, according to Medscape's Anesthesiologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019.
Forty-two percent of anesthesiologists report being burned out, according to Medscape's Anesthesiologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019.
Anesthesiologists are about as happy — or unhappy — as other specialists, according to Medscape's Anesthesiologist Lifestyle, Happiness & Burnout Report 2019.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists was named among the nation's Best and Brightest Companies to Work For in 2018.
Overland Park, Kan.-based Anesthesia Associates of Kansas City CEO Mark Meisel said an employee violated data security protocols by storing a backpack containing surgery schedules in plain sight, KCUR reports.