Colorado AG says health care provider monopolized anesthesia services in the Denver area
An agreement with the AG's office will end the company's contracts with five hospitals in Colorado. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - February 27, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Analisa Romano Source Type: news
Insightec praises Anthem BCBS decision to cover MRgFUS procedures
Insightec is applauding Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield's (BCBS) decision to extend coverage for the company's focused ultrasound pallidotomy procedure as part of the provider's Parkinson's disease treatment coverage.
Insightec has developed a treatment that uses MR-guided focused ultrasound (MRgFUS) to destroy a small area of brain tissue involved in the motor symptoms of Parkinson's. The incisionless procedure provides significant symptom relief without the need for anesthesia.
Anthem BCBS provides coverage for more than 25 million people across 15 states in the U.S. Insightec touted that the decision to cover the co...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - February 26, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: AuntMinnie.com staff writers Tags: Industry News Source Type: news
Revealed: The high cost of surgery helpers as experts say 'cut price' workers are draining the NHS because they are being paid too much
The experts behind the study, published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, claim they should either be given less cash or their role scrapped entirely. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
BMA urges Lords to block legislation for GMC to regulate PAs
The BMA has urged peers to block legislation that would make the GMC responsible for regulating physician associates and anaesthesia associates in a House of Lords vote on 26 February. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 23, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Professional regulation Source Type: news
Lords urged to block legislation for GMC to regulate PAs
The BMA has urged peers to block legislation that would make the GMC responsible for regulating physician associates and anaesthesia associates in a House of Lords vote on 26 February. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 23, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Professional regulation Source Type: news
Why Patients Need to Come Clean About Cannabis to Their Anesthesiologist
(MedPage Today) --
Anesthesiology resident Max Feinstein, MD, explores how marijuana use can complicate medical procedures and the perioperative period.
Following is a transcript:
Feinstein: If there is one person who you should definitely... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 23, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Gen Z woman decides to freeze her eggs to focus on career instead
After saving thousands, Shania Bhopa debated spending her money on a month-long trip to Europe. Instead she chose to freeze her eggs as "kids could slow down my career," the 25-year-old told Newsweek. Last March, Bhopa decided to do something that challenges societal norms by investing her savings…#shaniabhopa #phd #bhopa #cad #anesthesia #tiktok #handlewellbyshania #schoolkids #harrispoll #anatebrauer (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 19, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
‘As a woman, my rights are not reduced by my LGBT+ comrades’
The first day of UNISON’s women’s conference, chaired by Sharon Foster in Brighton, passed several motions relating to LGBT+ rights, flexible working and female representation in the union.
The day began with an impassioned speech from the union’s president Libby Nolan, who paid particular reference to Labour’s new deal for workers and the ongoing crisis in Palestine, describing it as a ‘war on women’.
First, Ms Nolan said she was “determined that 2024, the year of LGBT+ workers, leaves a strong legacy.”
Commending Labour’s new deal for workers, which promises day one rights for workers and a repeal of mi...
Source: UNISON Health care news - February 16, 2024 Category: UK Health Authors: Simon Jackson Tags: Article News 2024 women's conference 2024 year of lgbt workers flexible working national women's conference NHS flexible working Palestine Source Type: news
Angola: 15 Speciality Doctors Needed in Hospital of Central Angola
[ANGOP] Ecunha -- The municipal hospital in Ecunha, central Huambo province, needs at least 15 doctors specialising in intensive care, paediatrics, anaesthesiologists and intensivists to improve the quality of medical care for the population. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 14, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Angola Central Africa Governance Health and Medicine Southern Africa Source Type: news
Pentagon Chief Austin Was Treated Under Anesthesia for Bladder Issue
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was put under general anesthesia for a procedure to address a bladder problem, his doctors said, as concern continued to swirl around his health after his second hospitalization in a month. #politics #news Austin, 70, “underwent non-surgical procedures under general…#defense #lloydaustin #anesthesia #austin #subscribe #bloombergoriginals #bloombergquicktake #breakingnewson (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
" God Has Left "
This is by Diana Arbenina of the Night Snipers, a prominent Russian rock group; Arbenina, unlike many critics of the war, has stayed in Russia, where her career has unsurprisingly suffered because of her position. I thought I'd pass along my poor attempt at translating the song; naturally, its…#dianaarbenina #nightsnipers #russian #arbenina #anesthesia #godhasleft #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most doctors say working with physician associates has increased workload
More than half of doctors say working with physician associates or anaesthesia associates has increased their workload, a BMA poll reveals. (Source: GP Online News)
Source: GP Online News - February 2, 2024 Category: Primary Care Tags: Workforce Source Type: news
Chemical restraints for obstetric violence: anesthesiology professionals, moral courage, and the prevention of forced and coerced surgeries - Burgart A, Sutton C.
Once anesthetized, patients are inherently “compliant” with surgical interventions because they can no longer intervene on their own behalf. In their target article, Minkoff et al. (Citation2024) reasonably predict that the loss of a legal right to abor... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 2, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize
(MedPage Today) -- Anesthesiologists with Beverly Anesthesiology and Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles have formed a union, part of a continued wave of physician unionization in the U.S.
About 75% of the anesthesiology group's voters were in favor of... (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - February 2, 2024 Category: Surgery Source Type: news
Preliminary investigation: pilot study of program directors' perceptions of wellness and suicide prevention for student registered nurse anesthetists - Griffis CA, Bamgbose E, Van Pelt M, DeVon H, Wilhalme H, Choi K.
The purpose of this pilot study was to investigate wellness and student suicidality in nurse anesthesia programs. Graduate students such as student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) are at increased risk of suicide from environmental and educational st... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Young Adults Source Type: news
