Anesthesia staffing is quickly becoming the defining constraint on ASC growth, not just as a workforce challenge, but as a structural shift in how surgery gets delivered. As shortages deepen, costs ...

Anesthesia is quickly becoming one of the most decisive, and volatile, forces shaping ASC performance. A wave of policy changes across CMS and commercial payers is redefining how anesthesia is paid, ...

Anesthesia prevents pain during procedures by numbing you or putting you into a sleep-like state. Though considered very safe, it can cause side effects like nausea, chills, aches, and sleepiness.

Different doses lead to different effects on the body and the brain ...

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are facing a new reality: anesthesia provider shortages and rising compensation demands are driving an increase in subsidies. Once uncommon, stipends have now become ...

Anesthesia is a type of medication that prevents people from feeling pain during or following surgery. There are four main categories of anesthesia: local, regional, general, and sedation. Share on ...

The state of sedation, analgesia, amnesia and muscle paralysis is called general anesthesia. In other words, general anesthesia is an induced, reversible and controlled loss of consciousness. This ...

The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects healthcare to be the fastest growing employment industry between 2016 and 2026, adding more jobs than any other occupational group. Additionally, if you are ...

Researchers have found that general anesthesia induces unconsciousness by hijacking the neural circuitry that makes us fall sleep. They traced this neural circuitry back to a cluster of cells at the ...