Anesthesia

CareFusion launched its Pyxis Anesthesia ES and Pyxis Anesthesia 4000 anesthesia dispensers, according to Zenopa.

Effective partnerships between anesthesia departments and hospitals will improve physician communication and accountability, which directly correlates with health system profits and quality of care, according to Health Leaders Media.

Medicines Company, a drug maker for hospitals, will spend $300 million to increase its surgical product portfolio, according to Reuters.

A study published in the journal Anesthesiology shows that opioids in a patient's body can enhance the malignant tendencies of cancer cells, regardless of further opioids being added, according to News & Research Outcomes Magazine.

This article was written by Tony Mira of Anesthesia Business Consultants. It is a question asked quite often: Is marking a check box on the anesthesia record sufficient documentation?  For medical review and for billing purposes?

The purchasing market for anesthesia machines has slowed down and caused revenues to decline in the last year, but growth is expected to pick up between 2014 and 2017, according to Today's Medical Developments.

Sheridan Healthcare's Heritage Valley Health System named Brett Anderson, MD, as chair of the anesthesiology department at its Beaver campus.

The FDA decided not to recommend Zogenix's Zohydro painkiller and noted concerns about the risk of opioid addiction, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Qualitest issued a voluntary recall for 101 lots of hydrocodone bitartrate and acetaminophen tablets because some tablets could contain higher doses than marked and result in patient liver toxicity, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

The Medical Group Management Association identified Premier Anesthesia as a "better performer" in its Performance and Practices of Successful Medical Groups 2012 report.