Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital is highlighting the role of certified nurse anesthetists in delivering safe anesthesia ...

Anesthesiologists are highly-trained professionals who guide patients with skill, compassion and reassurance, the Virginia Association of Nurse Anesthesiology’s Jessica Ray writes.

When patients think about surgery, they typically focus on the surgeon performing the operation. Yet another physician plays an equally vital role in the operating room. Anesthesiologists are medical ...

Anesthesiologists should accept responsibility for contributions to surgical site infections and work to lower the incidence of infections, according to an editorial published in Anesthesia & ...

Surgical checklists are most effective when all members of the surgical team are required to identify themselves and participate in the checklist process, according to a study from researchers at ...

A new anesthesiologist-led approach to reducing surgical site infections and length of hospital stays in colorectal patients resulted in a 50 percent decrease in infection instances and a 46 percent ...

As more Americans receive treatment for opioid-use disorder, that progress is increasingly showing up in the operating room, ...

As reimbursements continue to decline and expectations for better quality outcomes rise, perioperative services are fundamental to a hospital’s success under value-based models. In fact, perioperative ...

One anesthesiologist directing one or two overlapping surgical cases appears to be the optimal ratio for best patient outcomes, a large retrospective study of registry data suggests. "In this cohort ...

If you are planning to have surgery, you probably know that your surgeon is not the only person who will be taking care of you. A team of physicians, nurses and other medical professionals will be ...

America’s opioid crisis touches nearly every family. Roughly 5.7 million Americans live with opioid use disorder, and about one in three adults say they or someone in their family has ...