Anesthesia

Anesthesiologist Julia A. Rygaard, MD, has established her medical practice with OU Physicians, the largest physician group in Oklahoma, and was also named an associate professor with the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine, according to a news release from…

Here are 10 current columns address anesthesia and anesthesia-related issues.

Anesthesiologist Wallace Reed, MD, cofounder of the nation's first ASC in Phoenix, Ariz., has received the 2010 Health Care Heroes Lifetime Achievement Award from the Phoenix Business Journal, according to a news release from the Ambulatory Surgery Foundation.

Vicki Edelman, administrator of Blue Bell (Pa.) Surgery Center, shares four key steps to take to ensure an efficient ASC anesthesia group recruitment process.

Hugh Morgan is the quality assurance officer for Somnia Anesthesia Services, a physician-owned and -managed anesthesia management company servicing healthcare facilities, anesthesiologists and anesthesiology groups nationwide.

Healthwatch, the healthcare blog of The Hill, is the latest publication to report on a controversial study by Research Triangle Institute International, funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and published in Health Affairs, claiming certified registered nurse anesthetists…

Theresa Palicki, administrator of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, offers five ways for your ASC to develop good working relationships with your anesthesiologists and achieve improved clinical quality outcomes.

Here are eight statistics about compensation of anesthesiologists from 2006-2010, based on 2010 data, according to the Merritt Hawkins 2010 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives.

Doug Yunker, MD, an anesthesiologist and medical director of Upper Arlington Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, discusses three ways to improve relationships between anesthesiologists and surgeons.

Comments attributed to the American Medical Association on a Health Affairs blog report about a new study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs and funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, claiming there is no increased patient…