GE Healthcare presents broad portfolio of technologies to meet needs of Middle …

January 24, 2012

Text size     Dubai, UAE; January 24, 2012: Visitors of the Arab Health Exhibition Congress, taking place from January 23-26 at the Dubai International Convention Exhibition Centre, can explore GE Healthcare’s robust portfolio of innovations for cath labs. Based on the company’s reliable, high-performance Innova IGS interventional X-ray platform, GE Healthcare’s newly expanded family [...]

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Go Red in Feb to help Worthing Hospital

January 24, 2012

Published on Tuesday 24 January 2012 11:00 DO you have the heart to go Red in Feb? Worthing Hospital has launched its latest campaign in support of the ongoing £1million fund-raising appeal for a new cardiac cath lab. Red in Feb involves people dressing in red for one day in February. From lipstick and lycra [...]

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Island hospital, paramedics fight back against heart attack

January 22, 2012

Area paramedics are using new tools to help victims of serious heart problems survive and recover. The procedures and equipment allow vital data to be transmitted to Hilton Head Hospital at the same time patients are being tended by paramedics. Doctors at the hospital, armed the data they’ve reviewed before the patient arrives, are prepared [...]

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Lower Bucks Hospital chief: Hospital is out of bankruptcy

January 20, 2012

Lower Bucks Hospital has fully emerged from bankruptcy, slightly more than two years after filing for Chapter 11 protection. In a statement released Thursday, CEO and President Albert Mezzaroba called the process, which relieved the hospital of nearly $70 million in debt, “very challenging” but worthwhile. “The hospital is now in a position to go [...]

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Door-to-Balloon Time Shorter With EMT Diagnosis

January 20, 2012

Emergency medical technicians usually make the right call when assessing patients for suspected ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), according to data from a statewide STEMI network. Armed with portable ECG results, the EMTs correctly identified STEMI — and called ahead for cath lab activation — in 85% of nearly 4,000 patients included in an analysis by [...]

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Philips releases Xper Flex Cardio Physiomonitoring system for hemodynamic …

January 20, 2012

WHAT: Philips Healthcare announced the release of the Xper Flex Cardio Physiomonitoring system, a hemodynamic cardiac monitoring solution used to facilitate invasive investigation of heart and vascular disease. Equipped with the latest advanced clinical choice support tools to help clinicians in evaluating a patient’s overall cardio performance, and general cardiovascular status, Xper Flex Cardio may [...]

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Wavemark’s Webinar part 2: Florida Hospital Cardiovascular Institute Automates Inventory Management

January 18, 2012

Three years ago Florida Hospital Orlando converted from a manual to an automated inventory management solution that leverages RFID technology to track over 5000 high-value items in the Cath and EP labs. Hear how this 12-room Cath Lab suite: ?Saves over $400000 with one money saving technique ?Eliminates missing products ?Improves patient safety and clinician [...]

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Peace River Regional to open $25 million heart center – Sarasota Herald

January 18, 2012

Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte plans a 5:30 p.m. ribbon cutting Wednesday for the first full-service cardiac center in Charlotte County. The $25 million project, begun in March 2011, includes a two-tale addition over the existing emergency room department and features a full service cardiology department with all private rooms, three open-heart [...]

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North Cypress Medical Center offers free health seminars

January 18, 2012

North Cypress Medical Center is offering two free health seminars in March. The first seminar addresses risk-factors for heart disease, heart attack warning signs and heart disease prevention. The seminar will be led by Dr. Fadi Alameddine, Cardiovascular Surgeon, and held on March 7 at 7 p.m. The center offers a state-of-the-art digital cath lab, [...]

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Augusta Health heart center taking shape

January 18, 2012

FISHERSVILLE, Va. – Building Augusta Health’s new heart and vascular center is a laborious and methodical task. On Monday, contractors were busy inserting the structural support for the new center. Caissons — steel rebars three to five feet in diameter — are inserted more than 20 feet into the ground until they attach to bedrock. [...]

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