The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has announced $320 million in grants to expand the primary care workforce, according to an HHS news release.
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John Gardner, CEO of Yuma (Colo.) District Hospital and secretary and treasurer of the Colorado Hospital Association Board of Trustees, responded to Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to opt out of a rule requiring physician supervision of anesthesia services in…
The relationship between an anesthesiologist and a surgeon can be fractious, especially when the two providers disagree about a patient safety issue or butt heads over scheduling. As data management systems become more commonplace in hospitals and surgery centers, anesthesiologists…
Somnia Anesthesia Services has issued a white paper entitled "Anesthesia Staffing Models That Drive Value and Improve Quality: How the Right Model Delivers Efficiencies, Revenue and Clinical Quality Excellence."
Sandy Berreth, administrator of Brainerd Lakes Surgery Center in Baxter, Minn., says the challenge of aligning anesthesiologists with the financial interests of an ASC can be overcome by giving the anesthesiologists a financial investment in the center.
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Here are the top 12 "action items" salaried anesthesiologists would like to improve in their practice environment, based on whether the anesthesiologists are salaried employees or owners/partners, according to the Locum Tenens 2010 Anesthesiology Salary Survey Report.
The rising cost of healthcare has been an ongoing concern of the nation's business community. When the 2001 Institute of Medicine landmark report titled "Crossing the Quality Chasm" revealed that 98,000 hospitalized patients die unnecessarily each year from preventable medical…
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Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and colleagues listed 10 ways they believe the healthcare reform law would reshape the practice of medicine in an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine.
Theresa Palicki, administrator of Eastside Surgery Center in Columbus, Ohio, offers five ways for your ASC to develop good working relationships with your anesthesiologists and achieve improved clinical quality outcomes.