Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, is regional vice president of operations for Health Inventures. Q: What is a good benchmark for maximum operating room utilization in an ambulatory surgery center ...

The Medical Center of Arlington (MCA) will continue its long history of collaboration with McKesson by testing the newest updates to Anesthesia-Rx TM - an automated anesthesia cart with a touch-screen ...

CHICAGO — Starting a patient-controlled epidural anesthesia (PCEA) infusion while the patient is still in the operating room (OR) — rather than in the recovery room after the procedure — may help ...

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic. Objective: The COVID-19 ...

As surgery on the body’s most vital organs, the brain and heart, has become more daring and more effective, it has also become more complex. Each new mechanical or electronic aid to the surgeon’s ...

An increased demand for outpatient procedures and developments in pain management have expanded the scope of anesthesia professionals beyond the traditional operating room setting. Here are three ...

Surgeons have already performed 6,429 surgeries in the operating rooms at Wynn Hospital since it opened at the end of October. But the Mohawk Valley Health System has just launched a new program to ...

Anesthesiology may be one of the most essential but least understood specialties in healthcare. As financial pressures mount and workforce challenges persist, leaders say outdated assumptions about ...

NEW YORK (March 30, 2010) -- In a move that could change the way many patients undergo surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital has installed five state-of-the-art Siemens Artis zeego® medical imaging ...

In the past decade, the need for anesthesia services outside of the operating room (OR) has increased dramatically. While this can be partially attributed to the expansion of gastrointestinal ...