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Anesthesia firm to pay $2.4M in data breach lawsuit
Privately held anesthesia services firm Somnia has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $2.4 million in a class action lawsuit following a 2022 data breach, according to an April 30 report from the Westfair Business Journal. The breach, which occurred in summer 2022, affected more than 400,000 patients. Around 700 were affiliated with […]
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Nurses union pushes Medicare for All
National Nurses United has issued a statement reaffirming its support for the Medicare for All Act. The bill was reintroduced in Congress on April 29 by Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Debbie Dingell, according to the April 29 press release. The union wrote that the legislation comes at a vital […]
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Anesthesiologist launches US Pain initiative
Pain management specialist and anesthesiologist Paul Lynch, MD, has launched a new chronic pain management initiative, US Pain. US Pain currently has clinics in Arizona, California, Texas, Oklahoma, Georgia, Kansas and Nevada, but is actively looking for physician partners in all 50 states, according to an April 17 press release sent to Becker’s. The initiative […]
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AANA bestows political director of the year award
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has honored Stacey Whittington, MSNA, CRNA, with its annual federal political director of the year award. The Daniel D. Vigness Federal Political Director of the Year Award was first established in 2001 and is awarded to a CRNA leader who “has made a significant contribution to the advancement of […]
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Medtronic, endoscopy company launch distribution agreement
Medtronic has launched an agreement with Dragonfly Endoscopy to distribute its pancreaticobiliary system in the U.S. The system aims to provide enhanced visualization, maneuverability and diagnostic and therapeutic capabilities for patients undergoing endoscopy for visualization and therapeutic intervention in the bile and pancreatic ducts, according to an April 24 news release. It also features a […]
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Former surgery center nurse charged with stealing drugs
Patrick Campbell, a former nurse at North Platte (Neb.) Surgery Center, has been charged with stealing prescription medication from the facility, according to an April 28 report from Nebraska TV. A U.S. District Court judge charged Mr. Campbell with acquiring controlled substances by fraud. In April 2023, Mr. Campbell admitted to his employer that he […]
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Carolina Anesthesiology faces potential data leak impacting +21,000
High Point, N.C.-based Carolina Anesthesiology has been found to have a non-password protected database holding 21,344 patient records, according to an April 28 report in Tech Radar Pro. Potentially leaked information includes patient names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, insurance information, anesthesia summaries, diagnoses and physician’s notes. Currently, there is no evidence that any of […]
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Cheyenne clinic performs Wyoming’s 1st laser-assisted cataract surgery
Cheyenne (Wyo.) Eye Clinic & Surgery Center has become the first facility in the state to offer laser-assisted cataract surgery, according to an April 25 article from the Wyoming Business Report. Previously, patients in the area had to commute to Colorado to undergo this type of operation. David Smits, MD, is one of two ophthalmologists […]
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Highest paying metropolitan areas for CRNAs
The Eastern Ohio metropolitan area is the highest-paying region for nurse anesthetists to practice in, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. In addition, Montana is the highest-paid state for CRNAs. Here are the five highest-paid metropolitan areas for CRNAs: 1. Eastern Ohio 2. Fayetteville, N.C. 3. […]
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Popstar Lance Bass undergoes colonoscopy, encourages others to get screened
Pop singer Lance Bass has joined a long list of celebrities encouraging patients to get screened for colon cancer. On April 24, the former NSYNC member posted to his Instagram story a photo in his hospital gown with the caption, “Fashionably late to colon cancer awareness month. But still right on time to say: Don’t […]
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