Botulinum toxin A has been shown to be ineffective in treating cervical myofascial pain syndrome, according to an Anesthesiology News report.
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Massachusetts General Hospital Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine will provide anesthesia coverage for Martha's Vineyard Hospital in Dukes, Mass., according to a Martha's Vineyard Times report.
A Billings, Mont.-based anesthesiologist was sentenced Wednesday to three years of federal probation for prescription drug fraud, according to a Billings Gazette report.
Michael Semenovski, MD, a resident anesthesiologist at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Center in Boston, has joined BAETA Corp as the company's chief medical officer, according to a company release.
Mark Warner, MD, professor of anesthesiology at Mayo Medical and president of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, discussed the evolution of anesthesia safety in a Minnesota Medicine report.
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Short interactive animation videos could help patients' understanding of anesthesia and reduce anesthesiologists' interview time, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
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…
John Ansorge is CFO of Somnia Anesthesia Services. Mr. Ansorge joined Somnia in 2010. He has more than 20 years experience in hospital finance, most recently holding the position of interim CFO for Stamford (Conn.) Health System, a 305-bed teaching…
In a New York Times article, Emery Neal Brown, MD, a professor of anesthesiology at Harvard Medical School and a practicing physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, answered questions about how anesthesia works.
Proposed cuts to Texas Medicaid funding could hurt healthcare in rural areas, says Republican Rep. John Zerwas, an anesthesiologist from suburban Houston, according to a Houston Chronicle report.