Physicians are prescribing more opioid painkillers than ever before to patients undergoing common surgeries, according to new research published in JAMA.
Anesthesia
MiraMed Global Services global subsidiary Ajuba International has completed two ISO recertification audits.
Essentia Health-St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth, Minn., added anesthesiologist Richard Cochrane, MD, according to a Duluth News Tribune report.
According to a study presented at the 2015 annual New York State Society of Anesthesiologists PostGraduate Assembly in Anesthesiology in New York City, the Anesthesia Information Management System was found to be a useful tool for predicting operating room scheduling…
Nishant Shah, MD, practices in a small anesthesia group — Midwest Anesthesia Partners — that is still autonomous, and sees opportunities for independent groups to maintain their autonomy in the future despite many physicians signing hospital contracts or joining larger…
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Mednax acquired Lighthouse Anesthesia in Savannah, Ga.
Johnson & Johnson will no longer sell the Sedasys automated sedation system, according to MarketWatch.
Anesthesia practices — along with other providers — must now refund Medicare overpayment within 60 days of identifying the overpayment, according to Medicare's Final Rule issued in February.
There have been more than 100,000 ransomeware attacks since January 2013 and it's important for anesthesia practices to take protective action, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants report.
Anesthesiologist Casey Drawert, MD, was killed by her husband in a murder-suicide, according to a Kens 5 Eyewitness News report.