Patient Safety & Outcomes

5 Facets of a True Patient Safety Culture Healthcare organizations across the country have significantly ramped up the focus on patient safety and quality improvement, and for good reason. Under the healthcare reform law, healthcare providers’ reimbursements will be linked…

The International Anesthesia Research Society has awarded Ansgar Brambrink, MD, PhD, $750,000 for anesthesia research — the largest single grant in the organization's 90-year history.

The Six Sigma methodology helped improve patient flow in one facility's operating room, according to a study in AORN Journal.

A disposable acupressure device can reduce postoperative nausea when used with ondansetron and dexamethasone, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.

Here are 11 studies on emergency department visits from the past two months, beginning with the most recent.

A new study found that the use of regional anesthesia was associated with a significant reduction in major pulmonary complications and death among patients undergoing hip fracture surgery.

The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston has opened the Neurological Sleep Medicine Center, according to an Ultimate Bellaire report.

At the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation annual conference in Charlotte, N.C., June 3, Frank J. Overdyk, MSEE, MD, executive director for research at North American Partners in Anesthesia and professor of anesthesiology at Hofstra University School of…

Here are quality and cost cutting tips for hospitals.

Here are seven tips for improving operating room patient flow from Timothy J. Dowd, MD, CEO and managing partner of North American Partners in Anesthesia.