The American Medical Association has named James L. Madara, MD, its new executive vice president and CEO, effective July 1, according to an association news release.
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Beaumont Hospitals, parent company of Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Mich., and two other major hospitals, has announced it will be changing its name to Beaumont Health System, according to a Detroit News report.
Johns Hopkins Medicine has received a $10 million gift to establish the Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.
Becker’s Hospital Review Annual Meeting 2011
Larry Parrish, MBA, administrator of Illinois Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Surgery Center in Morton Grove, Ill., makes eight points about scheduling cases in an ambulatory surgery center.
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Intraoperative use of epidural anesthesia was associated with a longer relapse-free period after surgery in ovarian cancer patients compared to other forms of anesthesia, according to a study published in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Carolinas College of Health Sciences in Charlotte, N.C., part of Charlotte-based Carolinas HealthCare System, is creating the state's first anesthesia technician program, according to a Charlotte Business Journal report.
A secure clinical event reporting system linked to an anesthesia information management system captured almost twice the number of adverse events as usual, according to a study published in Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Dreaming is almost five times more common with propofol infusion than with midazolam in patients receiving spinal anesthesia with deep sedation, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia.
Heat shock protein 72 overexpression could prevent the development of post-operative memory loss, according to a study published in the April 2011 issue of Anesthesiology.