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A new overview of approaches to analgesia and anesthesia in people undergoing total knee arthroplasty (TKA) leaves no stone unturned (J Am Acad Orthop Surg2016;24:60-73). In just 12 pages of text, diagrams and tables, Calin Moucha, MD, and two other experts from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, in New York City, review […]
Read MoreThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a ban on electrical stimulation devices (ESDs) used to treat self-injurious or aggressive behavior. The FDA says the devices “present an unreasonable and substantial risk to public health that cannot be corrected or eliminated through changes to the labeling.” ESDs give electrical shocks via electrodes attached to the […]
Read MoreSix in 10 US hospitals rated by Consumer Reports have cesarean delivery rates above the national target of 23.9% for low-risk deliveries set by the US Department of Health and Human Services, and one in six have rates that are higher than 33.3%. Overall cesarean delivery rates for low risk (nulliparous, term, singleton, vertex) pregnancies ranged from […]
Read MoreWhile anesthesiologists may use bench-marking for both quality improvement and marketing, the biggest incentive, according to Robert S. Lagasse, MD, is Medicare reimbursement, which has become increasingly tied to quality metrics. “Benchmarking will determine reimbursement rates,” said Dr. Lagasse, professor and vice chair for Quality Management and Regulatory Affairs at Yale School of Medicine, in […]
Read MoreAt the end of the day (and on the Ides of March, of all days), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) long-awaited advice to physicians faced with prescribing opioids for the treatment of chronic pain, in its “CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain-United States 2016,” is “don’t.” There are 12 recommendations […]
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