Anesthesia

In a brief video filmed at the Becker's Hospital Review Annual Meeting in May 2011, Hugh Morgan, director of quality assurance for Somnia Anesthesia, discussed how improving quality, reducing cost and embracing transparency can help hospitals succeed in an new…

In an interview with The Albany Herald, Richard Bowe, MD, senior vice president of physician practices with Phoebe Putney Health Systems in Albany, Ga., discussed his career, lessons from the recession and anesthesia-related technology.

Physicians often perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation improperly in children, generating excessive rescue breaths that could cause "overventilation," according to a study reported in Anesthesiology News.

Somnia Anesthesia Services has issued a white paper titled "Best Practices for Anesthesia Onboarding and Change Management."

Editor's note: This article by Tony Mira, president and CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, an anesthesia & pain management billing and practice management services company, originally appeared in Anesthesia Business Consultants eAlerts, a free electronic newsletter. Sign-up to receive this…

Perioperative nurses who care for patients before, during and after peripheral nerve block administration in outpatient settings should better understand PNBs and become competent in identifying and managing potential complications associated with their use, writes Imelda Wright, BSN, RN, CNOR,…

Jeffrey Kasselman, MD, has joined Chase County Community Hospital in Imperial, Neb., after completing an anesthesia and critical care residency and pain management fellowship, according to a report from The Imperial Republican.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has joined a group of surgical organizations in expressing deep concern with CMS' rejection of a number of the AMA's Resource/ Specialty Society Based Relative Value Scale Update Committee recommendations in the 2011 Medicare physician…

A former nurse anesthesia student at Mountain State University in Beckley, W.Va., has filed a federal lawsuit against the school, alleging instructors and administrators committed acts of fraud, negligence and intentional misrepresentation while she attended MSU, according to a Register-Herald…

Stephen P. Long, MD, associate professor of anesthesiology at Virginia Commonwealth University, has been appointed to the governing board of the University of Virginia.