According to an American Society of Anesthesiologists member survey, 98 percent of respondents regularly experience anesthesia drug shortages at their institutions, and 95 percent say the shortages adversely affect patient care.
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Anesthesia Business Consultants President and CEO Tony Mira stressed while HIPAA audits may be over, HIPAA enforcement is always ongoing.
Russell Presley Swann, MD, of Indianapolis-based Methodist Sports Medicine, shared his thoughts on postoperative pain management after outpatient orthopedic procedures with MD Magazine.
Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
Approximately 33 percent of patients prescribed opioids after surgery do not use them, according to a Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic study, presented at the American Surgical Association's annual meeting, April 19 to April 21 in Phoenix.
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Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
Medscape released its 2018 Medscape Anesthesiologist Compensation Report examining a variety of compensation-related factors throughout the anesthesia industry.
A Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic study, published in Anesthesiology, found no evidence children 3 years old and younger had lower IQs because of anesthesia exposure.
A group of physicians in Frederick, Md., completed their first total knee replacement surgery without narcotics, Frederick News Post reports.
Retired Stevens Point, Wis.-based anesthesiologist Anne Schierl, MD, has died. She was 86 years old, WSAW 7 reports.