Here are 100 benchmarking statistics on processes and outcomes at ambulatory surgery centers across the country. Data is compiled from ASC Association surveys, VMG Health's Multi-Specialty Intellimarker and SDI's Outpatient Surgery Profiling Solution.
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In an editorial for Anesthesiology, J. Lance Lichtor discussed whether propofol anesthesia should be used shortly after a patient experiences a stressful event.
Under adequate local anesthesia, the size of the transrectal ultrasound probe made no difference to pain perception during transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy, according to a PubMed report.
On Monday, the New Jersey Senate passed a bill that would require half a million teachers, police officers, firefighters and other public workers to pay a portion of their health insurance premiums based on income, according to an AJC report.
Stephen Boyce, MD, a bariatric surgeon in Knoxville, Tenn., and medical director at the New Life Center for Bariatric Surgery, discussed the FDA's recent decision to expand LAP-BAND eligibility in a San Francisco Chronicle report.
Literature concerning the effectiveness of nerve blocks with local anesthetics in neuralgia is inadequate, according to a report published in the June 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
The Louisiana House on Monday unanimously backed a proposal that would end Gov. Bobby Jindal's "coordinated care networks" on Dec. 31, 2014, unless they receive legislative reauthorization, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek report.
Illinois state employees and retirees who had yet to select an insurance plan or wanted to change an earlier selection were required to make their decisions by Monday at 5 p.m., according to a Pantagraph report.
The Texas Medical Board has disciplined four physicians, according to a KCBD news report.
Physicians are actively engaged in voluntary certification and are maintaining their certification in large numbers, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties.