Anesthesia

North American Partners in Anesthesia announced that Michael Simon, MD, has concluded his year-long term as the president of the New York State Society of Anesthesiologists.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists announced it has issued a guidance document with recommendations on sedation with regard to the integration of computer-assisted personalized sedation devices, including the SEDASYS System, into medical practices.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration appointed Rafael Miguel, MD, to its Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee.

Audio-Digest Foundation announced the release of "Anesthesiology Volume 55, Issue 41: Abnormal Placentation/ Nerve Injury."

Patient health data breaches can cost healthcare providers and legal business associates up to $1.5 million for violations of a single HIPAA provision, and the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, which took effect on Sep. 23, 2013, changed the definition of what…

An endotracheal extubation training video produced by Boston Medical Center anesthesiologist, Rafael Ortega, MD, and his colleagues is featured in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, according to a Medical Xpress report.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined seven pain medicine specialty societies in formally urging CMS to stop the implementation of steep cuts to physician payments for Interlaminar Epidural procedures.

The International Anesthesia Research Society has made $600,000 in grant funding available through the IARS Mentored Research Awards.

In an Anesthesia Business Consultants blog post, Tony Mira discusses the growth of the telemedicine and telehealth industry as well as the role of telemedicine in anesthesiology.

Medical Billing Specialists, an anesthesia management company, announced that it has teamed up with Survey Vitals to provide anesthesia practices with a quality improvement program.