Patient Safety & Outcomes

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.

One institution's strategy for reducing patients' mechanical ventilation times after coronary artery bypass graft surgery suggests that departments can significantly reduce ventilation times without sacrificing patient outcomes, according to an Anesthesiology News report.

Patient volume is one of the biggest challenges for catheterization labs, with 44.8 percent of lab leaders and staff citing it as the number one challenge in 2011 and 41.4 percent saying it will continue to be the biggest challenge…

Capacity management tools and real-time locating systems can help hospitals reduce infections from transport equipment such as wheelchairs, according to a TeleTracking blog.