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Olympia Medical Center Los Angeles Patient Freed of Sciatic Pain After 8 Years

Patient Credits Spine Procedure by Neurosurgeon Carl Lauryssen, MD. Surgeon is first in Southern California to implant device to treat chronic back and leg pain. - February 19, 2011 - Olympia Medical Center

First Choice ER – Louetta Provides On-the-Go Healthcare Information with Free ITriage Smartphone App

Northwest Houston area residents now have immediate access to symptom, disease and facility information with iTriage. - February 19, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

During National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, Eating Recovery Center Asks, "Could You be Putting a Loved One at Risk?"

Behavioral Hospital Encourages Families to be Aware of Behaviors and Actions that Could Trigger Eating Disorders in Others. - February 18, 2011 - Eating Recovery Center

Memorial University Medical Center Among the First in the Nation to Offer New Cardiac Freezing Technology

Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah is the first and only facility in southeast Georgia to offer the Arctic Front™ Cardiac CryoAblation Catheter System, a new, cutting-edge treatment for heart rhythm disorders. - February 17, 2011 - Memorial Health

South Nassau Communities Hospital Receives $250,000 NYS Grant for Expansion of its Center for Cardiovascular Health

The grant will support the construction of a new electrophysiology laboratory and procedure room for diagnostic studies to determine the source of arrhythmia symptoms and to perform treatment procedures. - February 17, 2011 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Doctors Express – Houston Collaborates with iTriage to Connect with Mobile Consumers

Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and provider information with free smartphone application. - February 17, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

MUMC and Sodexo Promote Good Health with ‘Meatless Monday’

Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) and Sodexo have committed to Meatless Mondays within MUMC. The goal is to promote a healthy diet. Sodexo is the provider of food services at the medical center. Every Monday, Sodexo serves plant-based meal options to the nearly 3,000 customers who dine in MUMC’s cafeteria. - February 14, 2011 - Memorial Health

South Nassau Communities Hospital Receives Grant for New Behavioral Health Service

The $317,027 grant will support the hospital’s Mental Health Counseling Center's program for adults dually-diagnosed with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. - February 12, 2011 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Doctors Express of Des Peres Launches iTriage App to Give Mobile Users Greater Access to Medical Information

Patients have convenient, on-the-go access to symptom, disease and provider information in the palm of their hands with the free iTriage smartphone app. - February 12, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Lake After Hours -- Central Deploys the iTriage Application to Put Medical Information Into the Hands of Smartphone Users

Patients now have on-the-go access to Lake After Hours - Central with the iTriage healthcare decision tool - February 12, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Ascension Urgent Care Teams with Healthagen to Put Vital Healthcare Information Into the Hands of the Mobile Users of iTriage

Prairieville residents now have on-the-go access to medical information with the iTriage healthcare decision tool. - February 10, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Lake After Hours -- Hammond Deploys the iTriage Application to Put Medical Information into the Hands of Smartphone Users

Patients now have on-the-go access to Lake After Hours - Hammond with the iTriage healthcare decision tool. - February 05, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

OnCall Urgent Care Collaborates with iTriage to Connect with Mobile Consumers

Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and provider information with free smartphone application. - February 04, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

South Nassau Communities Hospital's Orthopedic Surgeons Use Arthroscope to Repair Shoulder Injuries

The center’s shoulder specialists have extensive training and experience in diagnosing and repairing all shoulder injuries. This includes instability, impingement, rotator cuff or labrum tears, recurrent dislocations and frozen shoulder. - February 03, 2011 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Lourdes After Hours Provides On-the-Go Symptom Checker and Healthcare Information with Free iTriage Smartphone App

Patients now have convenient, immediate access to medical information in the palm of their hands - February 03, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Doctors Express – Dallas Collaborates with iTriage to Connect with Mobile Consumers

Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and provider information with free smartphone application. - February 02, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Riverview Medical Center Adopts SPY® Technology Providing a Roadmap to Improve Surgery for Cancer Patients

Riverview is the first hospital in New Jersey to provide SPY Imaging for patients. - January 31, 2011 - Riverview Medical Center

First Study to Look at New Potential in Infant Organ Donation

New research has resulted in the approval of Kidney Injury Molecule-1 (Kim-1) as a highly sensitive and specific marker of drug-induced kidney injury by both the FDA and EMA. - January 30, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Body Fat Associated with a Higher Risk of ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Previous research has shown that body fat distribution does not play an important role in the overall incidence of premenopausal breast cancer, but new research shows correlation with estrogen receptor-negative breast cancer. - January 30, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Central Carolina Hospital Nationally Recognized as a Certified Quality Breast Center

Central Carolina was recently recognized as a certified Quality Breast Center, becoming the first hospital in North Carolina and one of only 22 in the nation to achieve this certification. - January 28, 2011 - Central Carolina Hospital

South Nassau Communities Hospital's Gamma Knife Treats Its 1000th Patient

The Gamma Knife has become a well-accepted standard of care in the treatment of benign and malignant brain tumors; functional disorders including trigeminal neuralgia; arteriovenous malformations; and other intracranial targets. - January 28, 2011 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Women & Infants Launches Rhode Island Network for Pelvic Floor Disorders

Women & Infants Hospital has teamed up with practitioners across the state to create the Rhode Island Network for Pelvic Floor Disorders at Women & Infants Hospital. The Network was created to provide state-of-the-art diagnosis and therapy for women with pelvic floor disorders through comprehensive clinical care and organizational oversight. - January 27, 2011 - Women & Infants Hospital

Eating Recovery Center Opens New Behavioral Hospital to Address Growing Trend of Child and Adolescent Eating Disorders

Center’s Experts Offer Five Eating Disorder Facts Every Family Should Know - January 26, 2011 - Eating Recovery Center

UBH Denton Says Adult Vigilance is Key to Preventing Youth Bullying

Combating bullying starts with adults according to Dr. Nishendu Vasavada with University Behavioral Health of Denton. Adults must establish acceptable behavior for children and intervene when they suspect a child is being bullied. - January 26, 2011 - University Behavioral Health of Denton

South Nassau Hospital Uses Technology to Fight Cancer Without Needing to Make an Incision

The Varian Novalis Tx™ performs “stereotactic body radiosurgery” in a matter of minutes and often in five or fewer treatment sessions, using precisely-shaped, targeted radiation beams to treat an array of malignant cancers and benign lesions. - January 23, 2011 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Saint Joseph Hospital Receives National Medal of Honor

Saint Joseph Hospital is one of four hospitals in Kentucky to be recognized for achieving and sustaining national organ donation goals. - January 22, 2011 - Saint Joseph Health System

Brigham and Women’s Hospital Makes Leapfrog Top Hospitals List

BWH was named a 2010 Leapfrog Top Hospital. BWH is one of 65 hospitals recognized for delivering the highest quality of care in the nation while attaining the highest levels of efficiency. - January 22, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Cutting Dietary Phosphate Does Not Save Dialysis Patients’ Lives

Doctors often ask kidney disease patients on dialysis to limit the amount of phosphate they consume in their diets, but a new study shows this does not help prolong their lives. - January 22, 2011 - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Area Healthcare Providers Team with Healthagen to Put Vital Healthcare Information Into the Hands of Smartphone Users

Overlake and Providence first in region to link with iTriage. - January 21, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Sunflower Prompt Care Helping Topeka Obtain Medical Information on-the-Go

Urgent Care center now using iTriage to connect with Mobile Users - January 14, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

iTriage Now Reaching More Than One Million Healthcare Consumers

Smartphone users throughout the world are using the free healthcare consumer app iTriage to find medical treatment. - January 13, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

St. Elizabeth Hospital Delivers Medical Information to Mobile Consumers with iTriage Smartphone App

Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and provider information with free smartphone application. - January 12, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Lakes Urgent Care Provides On-the-Go Healthcare Information with Free iTriage Smartphone App

Patients now have immediate access to symptom, disease and provider information with the iTriage mobile healthcare decision tool. - January 08, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Legacy ER Deploys iTriage App Giving Mobile Users Greater Access to Medical Information

Patients have convenient, on-the-go access to symptom, disease and provider information in the palm of their hands with the free iTriage smartphone app. - January 06, 2011 - iTriage, LLC

Women & Infants Holds 127th Annual Meeting

Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island held its 127th Annual Meeting on December 14th at the hospital with a standing-room-only audience of community leaders, physicians and hospital staff. Doug Jacobs of Providence, chairman of the hospital’s Board of Trustees, presided over the... - December 18, 2010 - Women & Infants Hospital

Min-Sheng General Hospital Cosmetic Center Promotes the Benefits of Autologous Fat Transfer

Plastic surgeons at Min-Sheng General Hospital are increasingly making use of patients’ own fat as filler for facial rejuvenation and breast augmentation. - December 17, 2010 - Min-Sheng Hospital

South Nassau Home Health Care Program Ranked Among the Best in the US

South Nassau Home Care has been named to the listing, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary, each of the five years it has been released. Three of the five years South Nassau has been in the top 500. - December 11, 2010 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Walla Walla General Hospital Deploys Free Smartphone App, Connecting Users to Medical Information

Patients now have immediate, on-the-go access to symptom, disease, medical procedures and providers with the iTriage healthcare decision tool. - December 09, 2010 - iTriage, LLC

South Nassau Communities Hospital Names New Chief Nursing Officer

As chief nursing officer and senior vice president, Dr. Penque will oversee all nursing activities and work to insure the delivery of consistent, high-quality care that is in keeping with the overall mission, vision, and objectives of South Nassau. - December 09, 2010 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

MUMC Recognized for Improving Quality While Reducing Costs

Memorial University Medical Center (MUMC) in Savannah, Georgia, has been recognized for quality performance in a nationwide hospital quality improvement project. The Premier, Inc. healthcare alliance QUEST: High-Performing Hospitals initiative is a voluntary, three-year program that includes 157 not-for-profit hospitals across 35 states. This is the second year in a row MUMC has received this recognition. - December 08, 2010 - Memorial Health

Influenza Case Now Being Reported in Palm Beach County, Florida by MD Now Urgent Care Centers

Influenza cases are now being reported in Palm Beach County by MD Now Urgent Care Centers. In response to this recent increase in cases, MD Now Urgent Care is providing $10 seasonal influenza vaccine’s for its patients. Seasonal Flu shots are being given on a walk-in basis at all MD Now Urgent Care Center locations throughout Palm Beach County, Florida, including Boca Raton, Boynton Beach, West Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Royal Palm Beach, Wellington and Palm Beach Gardens urgent care facilities. - December 05, 2010 - MD Now Urgent Care

South Nassau Honors Leading Attorney, Nurse Staff Leader at 2010 Carnation Ball

Mr. Morvillo, a member of South Nassau’s board of directors, was the Carnation Ball’s honoree. Ms. Mooney was presented South Nassau’s prestigious Mary Pearson Award. - December 05, 2010 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Cancer Center at South Nassau Communities Hospital Earns Business Achievement Award

The Business Achievement Award is presented annually in appreciation of a business that is proactive in its support of the chamber’s mission and objectives and for the well being of the residents and community. - December 02, 2010 - Mount Sinai South Nassau

Women & Infants' Physician Authors Chapter in Reference Book

The fifth edition of the guide Protocols for High-Risk Pregnancies includes a chapter by Dwight J. Rouse, MD, MSPH, a clinician and researcher in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island. Dr. Rouse, a Providence resident who is also a professor of... - December 02, 2010 - Women & Infants Hospital

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