Articles

April 6, 2018

CMS 2018 Anesthesiology Rule Updates

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released two rule updates that will heavily impact anesthesiology providers in ...
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March 30, 2018

Recent Trends in the Anesthesiology Workforce

There is considerable flexibility in decisions made by healthcare facilities concerning anesthesia services, specifically with respect to the employment of ...
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March 23, 2018

Telehealth for Patient Care in Rural America

The intersection between medicine and technology is a complex, growing, and evolving space that continues to push the boundaries of ...
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March 16, 2018

The Ethics of Anesthesiology: History and Origins

This post is part of a series exploring the issues of ethics in anesthesiology practice. A well-defined and dutifully upheld ...
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March 9, 2018

Value Analysis and Anesthesia Management

An earlier blog discussed the potential for the Perioperative Surgical Home (PSH) model to disrupt the standards of anesthesia care. ...
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March 2, 2018

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) Leadership

Certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs) have established themselves as leaders in anesthesia care delivery, administering over 40 million anesthetics to ...
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Anesthesiology
February 23, 2018

Recent Advances in Anesthesia

It is a formidable and near impossible task to discuss all pertinent advances in the field of anesthesia that have ...
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February 9, 2018

Preoperative Smoking Cessation: Importance and Consequences

Millions of cigarette smokers undergo surgical procedures in the United States every day. The effects of smoking on the surgical ...
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February 2, 2018

The New Frontier of Value-Based Care

As models for healthcare reform continue to evolve, value-based care is rising as a viable option for ensuring cost-effective, but ...
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January 25, 2018

Global Discrepancies in Anesthesia

For many years, the healthcare systems of high-income countries have prioritized safe practices in both surgery and anesthesia. However, with ...
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January 19, 2018

Choosing a Hospital vs. a Surgery Center

In today’s healthcare environment, surgical procedures may be performed in a variety of different settings. Choosing between a surgery center ...
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January 8, 2018

Post-Operative Delirium

When an elderly loved one needs surgery, there are a host of worries and fears in the minds of friends, ...
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