The article argues against a Florida proposal to allow Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) to practice without physician supervision. It asserts that physician-led, team-based anesthesia ...

Anesthesia leaders say the specialty is facing a convergence of financial, workforce and operational pressures that threaten hospital stability nationwide. Stagnant Medicare rates, aggressive payer ...

Meeting the demands of an ever-changing healthcare environment, the American Association of Nurse Anesthetists (AANA) Board of Directors approved the updated "Scope of Nurse Anesthesia Practice." This ...

Anesthesia keeps patients safely unconscious during surgery—though researchers are still learning exactly how it works. The age of anesthesia began in 1846, when a man named Edward Abbott came to ...

In addition to facing mounting financial pressures, anesthesiologists' roles are expanding to include the coordination and management of patients' perioperative care before, during and after surgery.

In broad estimates, anesthesia-related mortality today is often cited around one in 100,000 to one in 200,000 cases. And for healthy patients undergoing routine procedures, some sources like the ...

Florida lawmakers are once again being asked to expand unsupervised anesthesia practice, this time under the familiar banner of “access,” “cost savings,” and “modernization.” We are told this is ...