Anesthesia

Effective pain management is key for a successful transition to value-based care. New practice models have sprung up to ensure a seamless patient experience that incorporates pain management.

First-year University of Buffalo (N.Y.) anesthesiology residents Michael Ferrante, MD, and Alexander Heleba, MD, watched a man fall to the floor and not immediately get up upon the residents walking into KeyBank Center in Buffalo.

Healthcare-related pollution is on par with the amount of lives lost from preventable medical errors. So what can anesthesiologists do to be green? A feature in Anesthesia News examines what anesthesiologists can do to be green.

The anesthesia and respiratory device market is largely varied and thriving so far this year.

A study in Anesthesiology details a noninvasive nociception monitor that gauges a patient's pain during surgery.

Dean B. Andropoulos, MD, and Michael Greene, MD, penned a column for the New England Journal of Medicine debating the implications of general anesthesia use in patients under three years old and in pregnant women in the third trimester.

Anesthesia News reported on a study that found C-Mac video laryngoscopy effectively minimizes head and neck movement during intubation.

Southfield, Mich.-based Blue Care Network and Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan of Michigan backed off on a proposal requiring providers to receive preauthorization for full anesthesia services before colonoscopies and similar procedures, Crain's Detroit Business reports.

Here are 23 anesthesia group mergers, acquisitions and partnerships over the past year.

The Orange County Medical Association named seven physicians from Orange, Calif.-based Allied Anesthesia as 2017 Physicians of Excellence.