Ultrasound-guided peripheral nerve blocks have a higher success rate compared to nerve stimulation or other methods, according to a study conducted by the Department of Anesthesiology at Johns Hopkins University and published in the Journal of Clinical Anesthesia.
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Reduction of tidal volume in mechanically ventilated patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery could improve secondary outcomes, according to a report published in Anesthesiology.
Questionable insurance claims in New York rose by 4.5 percent in 2010, according to a study by the National Insurance Crime Bureau reported in Insurance Journal.
Many healthcare professionals, including medical coders and IT personnel who must upgrade systems to accommodate HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10, would be relieved to see the ICD-10 deadline adjusted, according to a column by Tom Sullivan in ICD-10Watch.
The Denver District Court has upheld Colorado's right to opt out of the federal physician supervision requirement for nurse anesthetists, according to a news release from the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists.
Joseph “Chip” Skowron III, MD, of Greenwich, Conn., has been charged with conspiracy to commit securities fraud and conspiracy to obstruct justice in a criminal complaint unsealed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, according to a Wall Street Journal…
To sounds of the Village's People's "YMCA," staff members at the University Hospital of South Manchester in the U.K. created an educational video detailing proper hand hygiene and its aim to fight C. diff and MRSA.
California’s insurance commissioner has filed to intervene in a whistleblower lawsuit accusing Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, a 24-hospital system, of falsely billing for millions of dollars of anesthesia services, according to a California Department of Insurance news release. The case…
One researcher and director at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., says banning physicians from selling narcotics will not solve the problem of pill mills in Florida, according to a Sun Sentinel news report.
Researchers found collecting two samples during fecal immunochemical tests can improve diagnostic yield without affecting patients' attendance to scheduled tests, according to a study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology.