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Encompass Health Purchases Land in St. Augustine, Florida
"This new, state-of-the-art hospital will help meet a growing need for intensive physical rehabilitative services in the St. Augustine area," said Linda Wilder, president of Encompass Health's southeast region.
With Second Mevion Proton System Installed at Siteman Cancer Center, Additional Cancer Patients Begin Treatment
The newest addition to the S. Lee Kling Proton Therapy Center features Mevion’s industry-leading HYPERSCAN® technology and Adaptive Aperture® pMLC. HYPERSCAN provides faster and more precise targeted dose delivery to tumors and minimizes the damage to surrounding healthy tissue and sensitive organs at risk.
Northwell Health Advises Long Island’s First LGBTQ Transgender Center Opens
The Northwell Health Physician Partners LGBTQ Transgender Health Program, located at 410 Lakeville Road, features four exam rooms, eight offices/consultation rooms, and two gender-neutral restrooms.
Allegheny Health Network Ongoing Efforts to Ensure that Frontline Hospital Caregivers Are Protected to Help Prevent Exposure to COVID-19 and Other Infectious Diseases
The protective barrier enclosure is produced by Magee Plastics and consists of a transparent plastic cube designed to cover a patient's head while they are in a hospital bed.
Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research Finds Extended Drug Treatment Reduces Blood Clots in Discharged Patients, a Side-effect of Recovering COVID-19 Patients
A team of doctors and scientists from multiple international health care research institutes, led by Alex Spyropoulos, MD, professor at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, analyzed the first set of data from a previous large clinical trial titled MARINER (NCT02111564).
Nicola Pemberton MD Fights to Serve Women in New Jersey and Abroad: A Hero to Many
Not only has Dr. Pemberton delivered over 50 babies since the COVID-19 pandemic started, she delivered five babies within 24 hours a few days ago on June 17, 2020.
Jupiter Medical Center First in Treasure Coast Region to Implement Innovative Safety Technologies
The new innovative technologies encompasses three key areas in the patient journey – hospital entry, check-in and waiting room procedures, and sanitizing patient room and procedure areas – to create the region’s most robust hospital safety ecosystem.
Kindred Healthcare and Landmark Medical Center Announce Definitive Agreement Forming Joint Venture to Own and Operate Rehabilitation Hospital of Rhode Island
Kindred Healthcare will have a 60 percent ownership interest in the joint venture and Landmark will own 40 percent. The hospital is licensed for 82 rehabilitation beds.
Northside Hospital Completes Rebranding of Health Choice Urgent Care
The new name, Health Choice, represents a reintroduction of the Gwinnett County centers to the community in conjunction with new ownership (Northside Hospital) and management (Urgent Care Group).
