Articles

February 13, 2017

How Can Gene Therapy Impact You?

Gene therapy is an experimental technique for the treatment and prevention of disease by correcting its genetic cause through the ...
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Ransomware
February 2, 2017

Rise of Ransomware in Healthcare

As more and more healthcare providers, anesthesiologists included, rely on online patient records and portable devices in their medical practices, ...
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January 25, 2017

Anesthetic Management in the Electrophysiology Lab

Cardiology procedures increasingly are being performed in the electrophysiology (EP) laboratory.  The rapid expansion of these diagnostic and therapeutic procedures ...
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January 18, 2017

OB Anesthesia and Patient Satisfaction

Obstetric (OB) anesthesia is defined as peripartum analgesia and anesthesia performed during labor and delivery, including vaginal delivery, cesarean section, ...
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January 11, 2017

Anesthesia and Sedation for MRI: Technological Advances and Safety

Like other out-of-OR locations, the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suite presents unique challenges to the anesthesiologist. Often remote from readily ...
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January 5, 2017

Veteran Affairs’ Final Rule on Nurse Anesthetists

In December 2016, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they will be maintaining the current physician-led model of ...
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December 23, 2016

CRNAs: Cost-Effectiveness without Compromising Quality

Nurses have provided anesthesia care in the United States for over a century. As professionals vital to anesthesia administration, Certified ...
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December 20, 2016

The Emergence of Cerebral Oximetry During Anesthesia Care

The evolution of modern monitoring during general anesthesia has come a long way from the days of assessing a patient’s ...
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Anesthesia Equipment
December 15, 2016

Anesthesiology for ENT Surgery in the Free Standing ASC

A growing number of patients are undergoing same-day surgery and receiving anesthesia services as an outpatient, obviating the need to ...
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December 9, 2016

Meaningful Use and EHRs  

Meaningful use is defined as using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to “improve quality, safety, efficiency, and reduce health ...
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December 5, 2016

Anesthesia for Routine and Advanced GI Endoscopy: Current Practice and ...

Upper and lower endoscopies are among the most prevalent procedures performed in the US today.  While historically sedation has been ...
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November 28, 2016

Safeguarding Patients and Data in the Evolving Healthcare Cybersecurity Landscape

As the healthcare system becomes increasingly electronic, it is necessary to examine the security measures that are in place to ...
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