Initiatives such as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act have led to increased interest in electronic data management systems and their use by healthcare providers. These systems, including electronic health records, can allow physicians and staff…
Anesthesia
President Don Mordecai and Government Relations Chairman Victor Long of the Oklahoma Association of Nurse Anesthetists spoke out against a controversial bill in the Oklahoma Senate that would prohibit certified registered nurse anesthetists from providing certain injections for patients with…
Here are the median gross charges and net revenue per pain management case, broken down by a surgery center's number of operating rooms, according to VMG Health's 2009 Intellimarker.
Surgical Information Systems has added a new component to its business intelligence tool, SIS Analytics, for anesthesia caregivers, according to a company press release.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration released updates to the availability of propofol injections on its Web site.
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A growing number of states require accreditors of office-based surgical facilities to evaluate practices in lieu of state inspections, according to a report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists' Committee on Ambulatory Surgical Care and the Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia's…
A bill that would permit physicians only to administer pain management injections into a patient's neck or spinal area passed the Oklahoma House by a vote of 55-33, split mostly on urban and rural lines, according to a report in…
Stephen Landauer, MD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Anesthesiology at Jersey City (N.J.) Medical Center.
A new study published in the March issue of Anesthesiology notes that low to moderate levels of inflammation could be an additional risk category for patients undergoing routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery, according to a news release from the…
Researchers from the Canary Islands have developed a computerized system to regulate the level of anesthesia given during surgical operations.