Anesthesia

Anesthesia Business Consultants has interfaced with Epic Anesthesia after working with the Epic project team to establish electronic billing at Orange (N.Y.) Regional Medical Center.

A Texas Tech anesthesiologist will receive an endowment in medical excellence next week, according to a KFYO-AM report.

Spacelabs Healthcare has introduced the qube patient monitor and the Arkon high-performance anesthesia delivery system, both of which have recently received FDA approval.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists will relocate its longtime headquarters in Park Ridge, Ill., to the nearby suburb of Schaumburg as part of a plan to expand online and onsite training for members, according to a Chicago Real Estate Daily…

Market research firm Report Linker has released a report of comparative worldwide anesthesia statistics, products and analysis. "The World Anesthesia Drug Market" covers both currently marketed and late stage development anesthesia drugs and is now available for download.

Ikaria, a critical care company focused on developing therapies for critically ill patients, has appointed Joseph Stauffer, DO, chief medical officer. Dr. Stauffer will be responsible for all medical, patient safety, risk management, and regulatory activities surrounding the company's products.

A Las Vegas anesthesiologist has launched a traveling business that promises to cure patients' hangovers in less than an hour, according to a CBS News report.

An anesthesiologist from the Chicago suburbs will spend two weeks providing medical support and delivering donated equipment to a children's hospital in Niger, according to a Northwest Herald report. Lawrence Lavine, MD, of Crystal Lake, has taken part in medical…

Researchers have found that the use of intermediate-acting neuromuscular blocking agents is linked with postoperative respiratory problems, according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News. The study also found that the use of neostigmine for neuromuscular blockade reversal is associated…

The California Society of Anesthesiologists is asking the state Supreme Court to review its decision last month that nurse anesthetists do not require physician supervision to administer anesthesia, according to a Legal Newsline report.