A new sensor being developed by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston aims to assist anesthesiologists performing epidurals and other medical procedures.
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Medaxion, a developer of mobile-based anesthesia-focused electronic health record systems, raised $950,000 in funding, according to a MobiHealthNews report.
Alpharetta, Ga.-based Sweet Dreams Nurse Anesthesia reached a more than $1 million settlement to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act and the Georgia False Medicaid Claims Act, according to the Department of Justice.
Plexus Technology Group's Anesthesia Touch solution is the first mobile anesthesia information management system to achieve a KLAS rating.
Mednax acquired Associated Anesthesiologists of Reno (Nev.), a private physician group.
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CMS' 2017 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System is proposing a number of changes to reimbursement and quality reporting.
Atlanta-based Flowers Medical Group established a new interventional pain medicine practice and added Joshua Meyer, MD, as the practice's first provider, according to a Dothan First report.
Crystal Run Healthcare in Middletown, N.Y., added Stephen L. Thorp, MD, to its medical team, according to a The Chronicle report.
Fond du Lac, Wis.-based Agnesian HealthCare welcomed anesthesiologist Steven Sobeck, MD.
The surgeon-anesthesiologist relationship is vital for high-quality patient care as well as efficiency in the operating room. A strong professional working relationship between the two helps keep the OR team on track and improve the patient experience.