Regional anesthesia is a game changer in outpatient surgery. It promotes quicker recoveries, reduces intra- and postoperative opioid use, and facilitates same-day...

Two patient safety groups have issued an alert about the potential for injecting fragments of flexible stoppers on medication vials into patients....

Achieving optimal and timely recoveries for total joints patients isn’t easy....

For decades, patients heading into joint replacement surgery have heard their procedure should be a simple, no-frills affair, only to experience a much different...

Most patients know to expect some pain following surgery, as their own common sense tells them that an operation will hurt....

The Beatles or the Rolling Stones? Michael Jordan or LeBron James? Spinal or general anesthesia? Each of these comparisons can spur heated debate....

During our latest annual salary survey, we added a question about the ongoing anesthesia staffing and payment crisis at ASCs, and it’s clearly on the minds...

The evolving ambulatory surgery center (ASC) community has brought together new partnerships and many innovations as facilities across the country continue to...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield announced in mid-November that its policy update regarding how it evaluates time billed by anesthesiologists would result in changes...

Joseph Rosenbaum, MD, clinical director of hand surgery at Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, N.J., is a longtime and enthusiastic practitioner of the Wide-Awake Local...

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA) has joined the ALL IN: Wellbeing First for Healthcare coalition, saying the group’s initiative to improve the...

While this year’s celebration of America’s nearly 74,000 Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) and residents in nurse anesthesiology programs technically runs...

George Dugan, CRNA, RN, an anesthesia provider for Temple University Health System in Philadelphia, is no stranger to pain. His patients frequently suffer for months...

In the world of hand and wrist surgery, the Wide-Awake Local Anesthesia No Tourniquet (WALANT) technique has revolutionized both pain management and the patient...

Joint replacement surgery continues to trend toward younger and younger patients who are eager to resume their active lifestyles post-procedure...

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has reversed course on its plan to change the way it reimburses for anesthesia care payments, which critics said included not paying for...

A concerning trend in ambulatory surgery is the growing need to subsidize anesthesia services....

If you’re serious about superior patient satisfaction scores, then you need to be laser-focused on superior pain management....

On August 20, 2024, Amneal Pharmaceuticals announced that it has received Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...

I’ve been writing for Outpatient Surgery Magazine for several years about everything from 4K monitors to steep Trendelenburg (as you can see from the photo, I went full...