Patient Safety & Outcomes

Here are seven findings on capacity management from the past month, beginning with the most recent.

Using wireless anesthesia communication systems could improve the productivity of the supervising anesthesiologists outside of the operating room, according to a study in Anesthesia-Analgesia.

Many North Carolina certified registered nurse anesthetists attended a General Assembly hearing Thursday to protest a bill that would require formal physician supervision of their practice, according to the Charlotte Observer.

Patients who are discharged from the emergency department with "primary care treatable" diagnoses may actually need emergency care, according to an American College of Emergency Physicians report on a study to be published in the Journal of the American Medical…

Dreaming big — reaching for something that initially seems impossible — coupled with a strong plan can drive higher performance. Oak Brook, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care has a big goal around patient safety, according to Rishi Sikka, MD, vice president…

Symbios Medical Products issued a Class 1 recall of its GOPump Elastomeric Infusion PumpKit, a self-contained infusion system for postoperative pain management, according to the American Society of Anesthesiologists.

A study, published in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, has found that the gender of a healthcare provider does not have any significant effect on healthcare costs or mortality.

The rate of accidental awareness under general anesthesia is extremely rare, about one in 15,000, according to U.S. News & World Report.

Colonoscopies performed under propofol anesthesia often result in aspiration pneumonia, according to an article published in JAMA Internal Medicine.

A new report called "Why Sterility Matters," by the Clorox Company, notes that all skin antiseptics are not completely sterile, and a number of clinical infections associated with a variety of approved products have been reported to the FDA and…