Anesthesia

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…

Here are 10 recent studies shaping the provision of anesthesia.

Somnia Anesthesia has announced it has awarded the first Somnia Clinical Quality Performance Award to anesthesiology clinicians from California and Washing State.

The combination of well-designed patient-controlled analgesia pumps, pre-printed physician orders and nursing education can reduce overall PCA administration errors and pump-programming errors, according to a study published in Anesthesiology.

Patients believe that changes to the healthcare system may lead to lower standards of care, citing particular concerns over anesthesia administration and less time with physicians, according to the Vital Health Report, a survey conducted by the American Society of…

Numerical rating scale pain scores accurately measure pain intensity in relation to perceived need for medicine, pain relief and pain satisfaction in children, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

The American Society of Anesthesiologists urged CMS to limit requirements for the structure of ACOs, create explicit safe harbors and provide timely, detailed data to enable them to identify cost and quality improvements in the construction of ACOs, according to…

Here are four ways the provision of anesthesia can help improve operations and save your ASC money.

Anesthesia and pain management-focused billing and practice management company Anesthesia Business Consultants has partnered with clinical information system iMDsoft, according to an iMDsoft news release.

Erlinda Vidal, MD, an anesthesiologist practicing in Watertown, N.Y., has agreed to stop practicing medicine in the state after being accused of negligence, according to a Watertown Daily Times report.