Two articles in the April issue of Anesthesiology address practice management guidelines and risk factors associated with pain management and postoperative pain, according to a news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
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The healthcare reform package signed into law by President Obama includes several key provisions from the National Pain Care Policy Act, a bill intended to improve pain care, according to a press release from the American Pain Foundation.
William Hogan Jr., MD, a board-certified pain management physician and anesthesiologist, has joined the staff of Memorial Hospital in Fremont, Ohio, according to a report in The News-Messenger.
Here are five facts and statistics about the worldwide anesthesia drug market, from Kalorama Information's report The World Anesthesia Drug Market.
Much surgery is now being done in the office rather than the hospital or ASC, providing new opportunities for anesthesiologists, according to a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care and the Society for Ambulatory…
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The Port St. Lucie (Fla.) City Council voted to move forward an ordinance that would make it more difficult for pain management clinics that dispense narcotics to open within the city limits, according to a report from TCPalm.com.
The American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, American Society of Anesthesiologists, American Academy of Anesthesiologist Assistants and the Anesthesia Awareness Campaign, Inc., joined forces to update online resources and a printable brochure to educate patients about intraoperative awareness, a rare condition…
Samer Narouze, MD, has been named director of the pain management department at Summa Western Reserve Hospital in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, according to a story in the Cuyahoga Falls News-Press.
The International Anesthesia Research Society has announced that Michael F. Roizen, MD, will chair the Executive Board of SAFEKIDS (Safety of Key Inhaled and Intravenous Drugs in Pediatrics), a public-private partnership between the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the…
Here are seven statistics about the employment and compensation anesthesiologists working on a locum tenens and/or permanent basis, according to the LocumTenens.com 2009 Compensation and Employment Survey — Anesthesiology.