Special Editions Archive

Nerve blocks are the most targeted form of analgesia available, arming your anesthesia providers with the ability to direct local anesthetics to specific areas of the body to...

Those who accuse surgery of fanning the flames of the opioid epidemic point to misguided efforts to mask virtually all post-op pain and discomfort by writing...

Like many Americans, my life has been radically altered by the opioid crisis. More than a decade ago, a family member was prescribed 50 pills of OxyContin for a relatively...

To prevent the next patient from getting hooked on opioids, let’s first consider what helped cause the national epidemic to spiral out of control. It wasn’t surgeons passing...

Standardized Scripts for Every Surgery; Tailoring pill counts to procedure type will right-size your post-op opioid prescriptions.

Next Steps; If you're committed to becoming more diverse and inclusive, here are a few places to get help.

9 Tips for Negotiating Language Barriers; For moral, legal and financial reasons, we must do better. Here's advice on how.

Hope for the Future; Diversity challenges are real, but we can overcome them.

A Better Way to Care for Autistic Patients; This protocol makes care easier on and better for patients, families and providers.

Is Your Facility Disability Friendly? Take steps to ensure disabled patients and staff have comfortable access to every room.