V710, an experimental vaccine developed by Intercell and Merck, seems to show some promise in fighting infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria in patients with end-stage renal disease, according to a Bloomberg Business news report.
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More hospitals may offer nitrous oxide during labor and delivery, as nurse midwives push facilities to give women an intermediate option short of an epidural, according to an ABC News report.
New studies have found that rhabdomyolysis, a muscle condition that injures the kidneys, may be caused in part by anesthesia, according to a Medical News Today report.
Nurses will be impacted significantly by the implementation of ICD-10 starting on Oct. 1, 2013, according to an ADVANCE report.
CMS data show among 10 specialties, anesthesiology had the second highest percent of eligible professionals participating in the 2009 Physician Quality Reporting System, according to an Anesthesia Business Consultants news release.
Starting Jan. 1, 2011 CMS changed the way coders report abdomen and pelvis CT scans performed together, according to a Diagnostic Imaging report.
The number of hospital patients experiencing adverse reactions to medication has risen sharply, jumping 52 percent over the last five years, according to a study by the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality reported in the New Haven Independent.
Anesthesia Business Consultants (ABC), a billing and practice management company dedicated to anesthesia and pain management, has release a white paper on anesthesiologist and CRNA participation rates in the Physician Quality Reporting System.
Good payor contracts are essential for ambulatory surgery center profitability: It's as simple as that. Jennifer Morris, administrator of Stateline Surgery Center in Galena, Kan., discusses five ways her surgery center negotiates profitable contracts for its orthopedic cases.
Hospitals have two ways to collaborate with physicians for outpatient surgery centers, says Matt Searles, a managing partner at Merritt Healthcare in Somers, N.Y. They can retain their existing HOPD or build a new one, authorizing physicians to manage it…