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December 28, 2018

The Impact of Health Care Economics on Decision Making by ...

The emergence of shared decision making in health care has empowered patients to take a more active role in managing ...
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December 21, 2018

Leveraging Data to Improve Perioperative Care

In the United States healthcare system, the availability of digital medical data has created new opportunities for improving patient outcomes ...
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December 14, 2018

Medicare 2019 Final Payment Rule

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) have released their final payment rule for Medicare programs, which will affect ...
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December 7, 2018

The Benefits of Joining a Professional Society

Professional societies provide a host of benefits for anesthesiologists and other healthcare professionals. Societies give healthcare professionals a significant competitive ...
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November 30, 2018

The Anesthesiologist’s Role in Shaping Future Practices

Anesthesiologists serve as the cornerstone of the perioperative arena. The current role of the anesthesiologist goes beyond that of anesthetic ...
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November 16, 2018

The Importance of the Surgeon-Anesthesiologist Relationship for Patient Safety

Today, medical care involves more than just one doctor: it involves a synergized team of doctors who come together to ...
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November 9, 2018

Trends in Randomized Controlled Trials in Anesthesia

The primary objective of an anesthesiologist is to ensure that the patient undergoes a safe, effective procedure with an optimized ...
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November 2, 2018

How to Negotiate a Fair Employment Agreement

As a newly minted physician, you have defied the odds to gain entrance into a competitive medical school, pored laboriously ...
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October 26, 2018

Listening and Anesthesia Quality

In recent years, the Association of American Medical Colleges has prioritized empathy as a critical skill for physicians to employ ...
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October 19, 2018

Enhancing Patient Safety with Anesthesia Information Management Systems

Academicians estimate that by 2020, approximately 84% of United States academic anesthesiology departments will have implemented an anesthesia information management ...
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October 5, 2018

Avoiding Patient Misidentification: A Practical Guide

This year, Rhode Island Hospital made headlines when they were reported for four cases of patient misidentification, all of which ...
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September 28, 2018

Herbal Supplement Use: Anesthetic Implications

Americans spend over $27 billion yearly on herbal supplements, botanicals, and other alternative medicines. Many are unaware of the potency ...
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