Anesthesiology currently ranks 7
th of all medicalspecialties in indemnities paid. An average of 34% of all claims madeagainst anesthesiologists close, with an average $362,000 indemnity per physician paid. Mistakes have proven to be very expensive in this medical field. The industry has historically shown speedy acceptance to productsthat can lower the overall risk of receiving sedative drugs.Recent research has uncovered some previously unknown facts about the risk of anesthesia. Researchers are discovering that the level of sedation is positively correlated with the occurrence of many of the risks associated with anesthesia, including death. Patient stress has also proven to be correlated with complications of receiving anesthesia. These findings have opened market opportunities for products that can aid anesthesiologists.
“A company on the cutting edge of this market, is Surgical Serenity Headphones, a subsidiary of Healing Music Enterprises. SSH has a patent-protected process and system for delivering the ideal music for surgery through light-weight cordless headphones.”
These headphones are now in use at both the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and the Cleveland Clinics in Ohio and in Florida. For more info, see www.surgicalheadphones.com.
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