Feature | Richard R. Rogoski

Minimally-invasive surgery has proven to be safer, requires a shorter hospital stay and is cosmetically preferred over ...

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Feature | Ryan Hiett

Coronary bypass surgery, a difficult and painful way to repair major damage caused by coronary artery disease, may be on its way out — and it’s a long time coming for researchers like Douglas Losordo, M.D. After all, he’s spent the past 10 years looking into the possibilities of adult stem cell therapy as a viable alternative to the procedure.

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Feature | Mark Paquin

Although implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) have been around for nearly 20 years, they gained notoriety in 2001 when Vice President Dick Cheney became a high-profile patient who underwent the implantation procedure.

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Case Study

Although healthcare budgets are tight, needs are expanding. Clinical facilities are continuously looking for ways to ...

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A trend is emerging in cardiovascular image and information systems designed for the cath lab and was apparent on the ...

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Feature | Mark Paquin

The drug-eluting stent (DES) market is a multibillion dollar business in the U.S. — and it's estimated that over three ...

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Feature | J. Steven Hata, MD, director, Division of Critical Care, Department of Anesthesia and Kristy Walker

Intensive care units are highly dependent on the efficient transfer of physiological data to multiple healthcare providers. In the delivery of healthcare in 2006 there exists a strong rationale for a tight relationship between critical care and information technology (Celi, Hassan, Marquardt, Breslow, & Rosenfeld, 2001).

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Feature | Ryan Hiett

Technological advancements over the years have forced most OR methods used in 1964 into dusty, old history books and ...

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Feature | Namrata Sundaresan

Blood pressure measurement is a given for patients in the hospital, but for surgical or critically ill patients — in ...

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Feature | Ellen Hansen, director of Clinical Informatics Children's Healthcare of Atlanta

Electronic medical information improves patient safety by providing immediate and complete access to complex patient ...

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Feature | Ryan Hiett

It’s like a never-ending battle — that’s how Lena Napolitano, M.D., describes the recent and sharp rise in nosocomial ...

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Technology

A new spot blood pressure monitoring product from Medwave can now be sold and marketed in the U.S. Primo is a handheld ...

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DAIC: What are some of the scenarios — decisions or investments — in which a hospital might want to consider doing a ...

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