Healthcare notes for Jan. 10, 2012

January 10, 2012

Healthcare notes for Jan. 10, 2012 Jan 10, 2012 (St. Joseph News-Press – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) – Heartland named one of top hospitals Premier health care alliance’s national QUEST collaborative named Heartland Regional Medical Center one of 2011′s top performing hospitals. Some of the hospital’s accomplishments that Premier recognized included reducing avoidable hospital [...]

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New Silver Cross Hospital to host housewarming party – Chicago Sun

January 10, 2012

January 8, 2012 7:42PM Reprints Updated: January 9, 2012 9:41AM NEW LENOX — The new campus of Silver Cross Hospital will open its doors to the public for a housewarming party next month that includes tours, contests and entertainment. The housewarming party will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Feb. 12 at the new [...]

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City docs performed 3 heart surgeries at one go

January 8, 2012

NAGPUR: The patient had been a chain-smoker for decades. And yet, he said he had never knew about his heart disease or diabetes. But all that changed in one stroke on November 28 last year. The heart attack was so massive that it caused a hole in his vital organ, completely ruined one blood vessel [...]

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‘Threethrowing’ created as Christian gesture

January 8, 2012

MOBILE, Ala. (BP) — It’s a simple thought: associating a three-finger hand gesture with the Trinity. Mark Mitchum, creator of “threethrowing,” believes it can be a clearly defined, unmistakable hand gesture for Christians when verbal fellowship can’t occur. “I came up with the thought while driving around,” said Mitchum, a registered nurse in a cardiac [...]

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FFR leads the way in accuracy for cardiac interventions

January 8, 2012

Are you sure you will not faint? You look pale, sure the sight of a small blood won’t affect you, questions Consultant Interventional Cardiologist Dr. S. Mithrakumar, as we peer closely at a patient. Cardiac interventions, in simple terms, the diagnosis and treatment of blocks in vital blood vessels connected to the heart being taken [...]

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Cardiac care

January 8, 2012

January 8, 2012 Cardiac care BRMC upgrade will fill health care void Anonymous Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Sun Jan 08, 2012, 05:00 AM EST — — We welcome the choice by the West Virginia Health Care Authority to issue a certificate of need to Bluefield Regional Medical Center for the development of [...]

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PLC Systems Provides Update on Japanese Approval Process for RenalGuard®

January 6, 2012

MILFORD, Mass., Jan. 5, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ – PLC Systems Inc. (OTC: PLCSF), a company focused on innovative medical device technologies, announced today that Dr. Ichiro Michishita, a leading Japanese cardiologist, has successfully completed two cases utilizing RenalGuard® for the prevention of Contrast-Induced Nephropathy (CIN) at Yokohama Sakae Kyosai Hospital, Yokohama, Japan. This is the first [...]

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The Heart Truth Bunch highlights National Heart Month

January 6, 2012

GEORGETOWN, SC- Georgetown Hospital System is kicking off National Heart Month with The Heart Truth Brunch on Friday, February 3, 2012. The brunch will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. at Staff Development, Room B on the Georgetown Memorial Hospital campus.  The agenda will include a Heart Health lecture and health screenings will [...]

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Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin gets national performance honor

January 6, 2012

A Lufkin hospital was one of only 167 to earn national performance accolades recently. Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin received the ACTION Registry — Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011, presented for the hospital’s sustaining performance measures in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction, or heart attack, and for reaching an aggressive goal [...]

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BRMC gets CON for advanced cardiac treatments

January 6, 2012

January 5, 2012 BRMC gets CON for advanced cardiac treatments By BILL ARCHER Bluefield Daily Telegraph The Bluefield Daily Telegraph Thu Jan 05, 2012, 04:59 AM EST BLUEFIELD — The West Virginia Health Care Authority has announced that the authority has issued a certificate of need to Bluefield Hospital Co., LLC, to develop primary and [...]

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