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Author: Paige Hopkins Charlotte Agenda Still, more than a year after the conflict began, there’s no resolution. The short run-down: UnitedHealthcare, which insures more than 1.4 million North Carolinians, and Providence Anesthesiology Associates, which has an exclusive contract to provide anesthesiology services for Novant Health’s Charlotte market, can’t come to an agreement on what PAA should […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition Time. That is the No. 1 reason physicians report not always making a human connection with patients—and 56% of them reported that they don’t even have the time it takes to show compassion, according to Jake Poore, President and Chief Experience Officer of Integrated Loyalty Systems Inc. in Orlando. Poore, […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition SARS-CoV-2 has shaken us to our core. Now is the time to put politics aside, reflect on the gravity of the moment, and unite against our common enemy, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, FASA, told anesthesiologists during Friday’s Welcome Session, the official kick off of ANESTHESIOLOGY 2020. Dr. […]
Read MoreBy Denise Baez DG Alerts There is a high prevalence of hypokalaemia among patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pneumonia, and is associated with disease severity and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation, according to a study published in the International Journal of Infectious Diseases. When analysing data from 306 patients admitted with COVID-19 pneumonia […]
Read MoreA new RAND Corp. study finds private insurers paid hospitals 247% of what Medicare would have paid for the same services in 2018, up from 230% in 2017 and 224% in 2016.
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News COVID-19 has impacted patients in numerous ways, making it difficult at times to properly diagnose and treat. According to a new analysis in Circulation, one key detail that cardiologists and other clinicians should keep in mind is the consistent damage it does to patients’ blood vessels. Perhaps, the authors argue, […]
Read MoreKIMT News Addicts may not have access to their typical drug dealers, leading them to use new dealers and unfamiliar drugs. More of these drugs are being laced with fentanyl, which can be deadly if used improperly. Dr. Gazelka says this was a rising problem, but now it’s blown up during the pandemic. The opioid […]
Read MoreAnesthesiology Today Annual Meeting Edition NIH Director Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD, said in yesterday’s opening session that he’s got a “smorgasbord of issues” he’s been wanting to discuss with anesthesiologists. A smorgasbord indeed. In what he dubbed a “romp through the NIH,” Dr. Collins walked the audience through NIH biomedical research updates in categories […]
Read MoreAuthor: Michael Walter Cardiovascular Business News Recurrent coronary heart disease (CHD) events, including repeat myocardial infarctions, have dropped in the United States, according to a new study published in Circulation. Almost completely across the board, outcomes have improved more for women than for men. The authors explored data from both Medicare and commercial health insurance providers, […]
Read MoreAuthor: Queen Muse NextHealth PHL RTM Vital Signs is working on monitoring symptoms that can be used to track everything from heart health to respiratory function. RTM Vitals Signs partnered with Villanova engineers to create this dime-sized device that uses an acoustic sensor to monitor at-risk individuals for early signs of COVID-19. / Courtesy Who: The […]
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