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Barnes-Jewish Hospital patients at high-risk for stroke now have a new procedure to reduce stroke risk and the need for blood-thinning medications. ST. LOUIS (PRWEB) March 27, 2013 It’s the most common heart arrhythmia, and it can be deadly. While the symptoms for atrial fibrillation (AFIB) vary, many with this abnormal heart rhythm have one thing in common – a greater chance of having a stroke. Traditional ways to reduce risks of stroke center on patients taking blood thinner...
ATLANTA, Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its continuing relationship with BJC HealthCare, Surgical Information Systems (SIS), a leader in perioperative information systems, will be providing its perioperative IT solution to two additional BJC facilities. Both Saint Louis Children's Hospital, which U.S. News & World Report named to its Honor Roll of America's Best Children's Hospitals, and Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital, which received three 2012 Excellence in...
WASHINGTON, July 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S. News & World Report has released its 23rd annual Best Hospitals rankings and a new hospital has seized the No. 1 spot. The rankings are freely available at www.usnews.com/besthospitals and will be featured in the upcoming Best Hospitals 2013 guidebook. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100603/PH13717LOGO) Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston is #1 on the U.S. News Honor Roll this year, displacing Baltimore's Johns...
CLEVELAND, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Investigators at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, have begun studying the imaging capabilities of an innovative radiation therapy system from ViewRay(TM) Incorporated. The ViewRay system is the first comprehensive image-guided radiation therapy system, providing a patented combination of simultaneous radiotherapy delivery and continuous magnetic resonance...
Becker's Hospital Review is proud to announce the publication of its list, "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals," which recognizes the top executive at each of the hospitals in Becker's "100 Great Hospitals" list. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 28, 2012 Becker's Hospital Review is proud to announce the publication of its list, "100 Leaders of Great Hospitals," which recognizes the top executive at each of the hospitals in Becker's "100 Great Hospitals" list. The 100...
LITTLETON, Mass., Oct. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mevion Medical Systems announced today it has delivered the world's first superconducting synchrocyclotron to the S. Lee Kling Center for Proton Therapy at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis MO. This inaugural shipment marks the last phase of the manufacturing of the first MEVION S250 proton accelerator module and the first of many to come deliveries of this...
ATLANTA, Sept. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- By the end of 2011, as many as nine U.S. medical centers will be offering multi-session Gamma Knife® surgery with Extend(TM) to treat patients with larger tumors or lesions close to critical structures located in the brain and skull base. Extend technology allows clinicians to non-invasively immobilize the patient's head, making repeatable or multi-fraction Gamma Knife surgery feasible for these cases. Used with Leksell Gamma Knife®...
The Neurocritical Care Society is releasing a comprehensive set of guidelines this week to guide physicians and hospitals on how to optimally care for patient's ruptured brain aneurysms. One of the strongest recommendations is that all patients receive specialized care at high-volume stroke centers that treat at least 60 cases per year. Subarachnoid hemorrhage strikes without warning and results from rupture of an artery supplying the brain. Thirty percent do not survive, and half of those...
MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Neurocritical Care Society is releasing a comprehensive set of guidelines this week to guide physicians and hospitals on how to optimally care for patient's ruptured brain aneurysms. One of the strongest recommendations is that all patients receive specialized care at high-volume stroke centers that treat at least 60 cases per year. Subarachnoid hemorrhage strikes without warning and results from rupture of an artery supplying the...
A St. Louis hospital is testing a sensor network that allows vital signs to be tracked even as patients move aboutBy Diana Lutz, Washington University in St. LouisA clinical warning system that uses wireless sensors to track the vital signs of at-risk patients is undergoing a feasibility study at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.When the full system is operational sensors will take blood oxygenation and heart-rate readings from at-risk patients once or twice a minute. The data will be...
