Articles

April 29, 2019

The Challenges of Electronic Health Record Interoperability

In the last ten years there have been significant efforts made toward building a healthcare information technology (IT) infrastructure in ...
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April 22, 2019

Double-Booked Surgeries: Policy and Practice for Anesthesiologists

Operations Management for hospitals, healthcare providers, and outpatient units that provide surgical services encounter several challenges with respect to managing ...
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April 15, 2019

The Debate on Pediatric Anesthesia and Child Development

In February 2019, the New York Times published an article entitled, “Having Anesthesia Once as a Baby Does Not Cause ...
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April 8, 2019

Multi-modal Pain Regimens May Affect Post-Operative Pain Control for Patients

In October 2017, the Department of Health and Human Services officially declared that the opioid crisis constituted a nationwide public ...
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Hospital Operation Room
April 1, 2019

Anesthesiologists and Hospitalists: Collaboration in the Perioperative Cycle

Effective medicine is practiced in teams. This truth holds particularly in the surgical setting, where surgeons, anesthesiologists, internists and specialists ...
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March 25, 2019

Spinal Injections in Immunosuppressed Patients

Patients with cancer often require chemotherapeutic and/or radiation treatment. These patients, as well as those with chronic steroid use, immunomodulation ...
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Surgeons checking important parameters
March 18, 2019

Utilization of Operational Analytics in the Perioperative Care Spectrum

Alongside clinical outcomes, patient satisfaction is at the core of delivering effective healthcare. An area of emphasis within this realm ...
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March 14, 2019

Complexities Inherent to Healthcare Price Transparency

In the dialogue on healthcare in the United States, price transparency remains a major issue that has served as the ...
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March 1, 2019

How Private Health Insurance is Changing in 2019?

Health care reform has been a dominant topic since the 2017 presidential election. Numerous acts have been introduced to repeal ...
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blood
February 22, 2019

Updates on Perioperative Blood Management

As anemia is an independent risk factor associated with significant morbidity and mortality, managing perioperative anemia is critical to reduce ...
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accountable
February 14, 2019

Are Accountable Care Organizations Beneficial for Anesthesia Services? Preliminary Results ...

In the age of rapidly shifting models regarding health and healthcare in the United States, Accountable Care Organizations are often ...
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February 8, 2019

Chronic Pain Linked with a Greater Probability of Memory Decline ...

The aging body is predisposed to developing pain. Osteoarthritis of the neck and lower back, chronic joint pain, and musculoskeletal ...
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