The fundamental purpose of healthcare is to achieve good health outcomes for patients (Murphy, 2012). Clinical outcomes are measured and published to ultimately improve healthcare quality for individuals. The role of performance measurement in healthcare is thought to ensure a…
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How Does Intellewave Assess Heart Rate Variability and Help with Anesthesia?
In the past decade, heart rate variability (HRV) has emerged as an intriguing parameter for interrogation of autonomic nervous system functioning. It relies on the physiologic phenomenon of changing heart rate with respiration, a process heavily reliant on input from…
How Does the IntuiTap Medical Device Help Physicians with Procedures?
Spinal blocks are administered by anesthesiologists for a variety of lower body surgeries including genitourinary tract procedures, cesarean sections, orthopedic hip or knee replacements, and lower abdominal surgeries like hernia repairs. Spinal anesthesia is achieved by a single shot of…
Financial Costs to Hospitals from Complications
In today’s world with the intersection of healthcare and economics in the spotlight, there is huge pressure on hospitals to reduce spending. With sometimes uncertain reimbursement, keeping costs low is vital to maintain both healthy patients and a healthy budget.…
Does Telehealth Increase Spending?
A new study suggests that direct-to-consumer telehealth may increase access to care but does not decrease spending. Direct-to-consumer telehealth offers patients access to a physician via telephone or videoconferencing. Health plans and employers generally view telehealth as a way to…
Out of Operating Room Anesthesia
Much of what makes modern anesthesia carry a lower risk than the anesthetics of yesteryear relates to consistency: standard monitors, evidence based guidelines, the ready availability of equipment and personnel to be able to respond to an emergency. Few things…
Ketamine in Chronic Pain Management
In recent decades, chronic pain has increasingly been diagnosed, resulting in many patients seeking medical attention. Both pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic therapies are used to treat chronic pain, and an individualized approach tends to be based on trial and error. Irrespective…
Anesthetic Management of Patients Undergoing Spine Surgery
Spine surgery is performed for a variety of conditions including scoliosis, malignancy, herniated disks, degenerative spine disease, and spinal stenosis. The scope of surgical techniques range from quick minimally invasive single-level procedures to prolonged operations involving multiple spinal levels with…
Blockchain Solutions: An Opportunity for Anesthesiologists and Their Patients
A growing number of leaders in the healthcare industry are looking to blockchain technology as a means of increasing the accessibility and interoperability of medical information. First used to record trades of the online crypto-currency Bitcoin, blockchain technology documents online…
The Micro-Hospital Movement
Smaller-scale inpatient facilities, termed “micro-hospitals”, have emerged as an alternative to traditional health care facilities and seem to be growing in popularity nationwide. Already in 19 states, according to a recent US News & World Report, micro-hospitals serve as a…