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Anesthesia
Alexander A. Hannenberg, MD, president of American Society of Anesthesiologists, discusses his thoughts and observations regarding the recent study by Research Triangle Institute International, funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists and published in Health Affairs, claiming certified registered…
A new study, published in the August issue of Health Affairs and funded by the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists, claims there is no increased patient risk when nurse anesthetists provide anesthesia services without physician supervision, according to a news…
The latest quarterly health survey of 1,000 Americans by the American Society of Anesthesiologists reveals that more than 75 percent of respondents expressed concerns about anesthesia during surgery.
Thomas Wherry, MD, an anesthesiologist, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, discusses four ways ASCs can make improve anesthesia provision more efficient.
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A bill has been signed into law which requires nurse anesthetists (NAs) to have physician supervision when writing prescriptions and ordering tests and therapeutics for the immediate perioperative care of a patient, according to the bill and a press release…
Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, lists the pros and cons of allowing anesthesiologists to invest in a surgery…
Michael Duronio is vice president of business development for Anesthesia Staffing Consultants. Q: What is a mistake you have seen surgery centers make that hindered an effective relationship with it anesthesiologists and what could the surgery center have done to…
Thomas Wherry, MD, an anesthesiologist, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company dedicated to finding strategic solutions for issues relating to anesthesia care, discusses the emerging trend of ASCs subsidizing or employing anesthesiologists.
Compared with hospitals, relationships between anesthesiologists and surgeons at ASCs are excellent, but there is also an elevated level of expectation at ASCs, says Thomas Wherry, MD, medical director of Health Inventures and principal for Total Anesthesia Solutions, a company…