Portland, Ore.-based Anesthesia Associates NW deployed a new anesthesia information management system to support its expanding business.
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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.
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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.
While anesthesia groups can feel hopeful about some opioid-related legislation in the works, they face mounting barriers to getting paid fairly, according to Garry Brydges, PhD, DNP, CRNA, president of the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
Pain management company PainMD lost access to numerous patient medical records after shuttering several clinics in May, according to the Tennessean, part of the USA Today network.
Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis appointed Roland Flores, MD, to serve on the Colorado Medical Board, according to CU Anschutz Today.