By Exec Edge Editorial Staff Most patients never meet their anesthesiologist before surgery day. They sign a consent form, ...

Women who have general anesthesia during C-sections are significantly more likely to experience severe post-partum depression resulting in hospitalization, suicidal thoughts or self-harm, according to ...

Anesthesia care extends far beyond the operating room and can catapult patient experiences to the next level — and leaders of ambulatory surgery centers are taking notice. During a March webinar ...

In the current healthcare marketplace, providing patients with excellent experiences gives hospitals a competitive advantage. An evidence-based article published in BMJ Open correlated patient ...

The quality of anesthesia can affect patient satisfaction, quality outcomes and finances in a surgery center. Richard P. Dutton, MD, executive director of the Anesthesia Quality Institute, discusses ...

Waking up in the morning is hard enough, but waking up after anesthesia is so much worse. As someone who's done it over ten times, I speak from experience! The longer a medical procedure is, the ...

Dental sedation is emerging as a significant opportunity for anesthesia leaders, particularly certified registered nurse anesthetists, according to Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, clinical assistant professor ...

UAB Department of Neurosurgery PGY-6 Resident James Mooney, M.D., is first author on a recent paper published in the North American Spine Society Journal (NASSJ) titled "Microendoscopic lumbar ...

Nicole McCoy, M.D., an alumnus of the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, credits her training at UAB for developing her into the physician she is ...