Anesthesia

Dental hygienists should conduct comprehensive patient assessments before administering anesthesia, according to the dental magazine RDH.

Anesthesiologist Michael Kellams, DO, observes how outpatient surgery and value-based care will continue to impact the anesthesiology field.

The Madison, Wis.-based hospital UnityPoint Health-Meriter will resume providing sedation dentistry for special needs patients next month, according to the Wisconsin State Journal.

Plexus Technology Group's Anesthesia Touch recently became a fully-rated AIMS solution after receiving a KLAS rating of 89. 

Anesthesia Business Consultants recently released the summer issue of their quarterly newsletter, The Communiqué.

Castle Connolly recently recognized Semih Gungor, MD, as a top doctor in the New York, N.Y., region.

Anesthesia Business Consultants is encouraging anesthesiologists to review Avoiding Medicare Fraud & Abuse: A Roadmap for Physicians, a 20-page booklet recently released by CMS.

The Knoxville, Tenn.-based physician services organization TeamHealth recently acquired Anesthesia Associates of Cincinnati.

The Morrisville, N.C.-based medical device company Anutra Medical will launch its national sales effort with its new Nashville, Tenn.-based distribution partner NDC this September.

A cataract eye surgery center in Massachusetts is the subject of controversy after five patients receiving cataract surgery in May 2014 went blind from the procedure, the Boston Globe reports.