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Northwell Appoints Dr Eric Cruzen Executive Director of Emergency Medicine Service Line
Dr Eric Cruzen has held several leadership positions since joining the health system in 2003 as associate director of the South Shore University Hospital Emergency Department.
Study: During Pandemic, High Blood Pressure Control Declined
The high blood pressure study, published in the journal Hypertension, showed that during the first eight months of the pandemic, patients with hypertension measured their blood pressure less frequently, and when they did, their blood pressure readings were less healthy.
Sheba Medical Center Inks Collaborative Agreement with Regeneron Focusing On Accelerating Oncology Research & Delivering Novel Therapeutics
Regeneron will also sponsor Sheba's ARC (Accelerate, Redesign and Collaborate) innovation center, where a "personalized medicine" development hub is creating cutting-edge solutions for patient care, and where Regeneron will join Sheba’s HealthTech Valley, a growing global ecosystem focusing on redesigning healthcare by bringing together academia, industry and medicine.
Philips Ambient Experience solution at Children’s Medical Center Dallas Helps Calm Young Patients with Behavioral Health Issues, Winning Multiple Design Awards
Philips has received a coveted gold-level ‘Touchstone Award’ from the Center for Health Design* for the Ambient Experience behavioral health rooms it co-developed with Children's Medical Center Dallas (Dallas, TX, U.S.) and social solutions software company Recornect (Eindhoven, the Netherlands).
HCA Florida Northwest Hospital Acquires Anovo Surgical System
Anovo Surgical System is designed to enable surgeons to use the transvaginal approach in gynecological procedures, which has been well documented in clinical research as providing benefits including less patient pain and scarring, shorter recovery times and reduced infection rates, compared to other approaches.
San Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital Treats its 1,000th Patient with MRIdian® MRI-Guided Radiation Therapy
PierCarlo Gentile, Director of UOC Radiotherapy San Pietro Fatebenefratelli Hospital said, "MRIdian has allowed us to address a variety of tumor types that were previously difficult to treat at therapeutic doses with conventional linacs, including very small lesions and those in challenging anatomical areas, such as inoperable neoplasms of the pancreas, kidney, liver, and lung. We can also now target tumor relapses, especially those close to vital organs such as the heart or large vessels, in which the use of radiotherapy treatment was previously controversial due to the high risk of toxicity."
Northwell Names Sandra Lindsay to Public Health Leadership Role
Dr. Sandra Lindsay spent 29 years in nursing, most recently serving as director of nursing critical care at Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New Hyde Park. She led from the front lines of the pandemic, both during the First Wave from March-June 2020 and then volunteering to become the first American vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on December 14, 2020.
Northwell Health to Provide Student Internships at New York City Schools
Northwell Health will also advise and help ensure the program’s curriculum meets employer standards while employees participate in student-learning days at four high schools to give students meaningful, career-connected learning from health care professionals.
Northwell Health Spearheads National Gun Safety Movement to Address Guns as Leading Cause of Death in Kids
Northwell Health reports more than one thousand leading hospitals and prominent health associations nationwide unite to encourage parents to ask about gun access and safety measures
