Health Briefs
CRMC Doctor Offers Alternative to Hysterectomy
Dec 2008Dr. Michael Grimes, a physician at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, recently began offering endometrial ablation, a procedure that lasts less than four and a half minutes, as an alternative to a hysterectomy or hormone therapy to help alleviate heavy, debilitating periods. Call (757) 436-2424 for more information.
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Sentara Expands Breast Cancer Assessment Program to Southside
Dec 2008Women who feel they are at increased risk of developing breast cancer can receive a free assessment through a program offered at Sentara Leigh Comprehensive Breast Center in Norfolk. Once admitted into the program, women are offered immediate access to a surveillance plan, services and specialists. Call (757) 261-5404 for more information.
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Free Lifeline Activation Offered This Month
Dec 2008Lifeline, a personal response and support service available through Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, will offer free activation for new subscribers during December. The personal response system gives subscribers a one-touch button, which they wear around their necks, to signal a call center. The center operators then alert Lifeline employees and emergency workers. Call (757) 312-6470 for more information.
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Bon Secours Home Care Ranked High Among U.S. Home Health Providers
Dec 2008Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System has been named to the 2008 HomeCare Elite, a list of the top 25 percent Medicare-certified home health care providers in the U.S. The ranking is based on an analysis of performance measures in quality outcomes, quality improvement and financial performance.
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Interim Healthcare Names Therapist of the Year
Dec 2008Virginia Beach resident Nguyen Pham, a physical therapist with Interim HealthCare, was named the Therapist of the Year by the company for his clinical practice, compassion and consistent performance. Interim HealthCare is a provider of comprehensive home health and health care staffing services with more than 300 offices across the U.S.
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Surgeon Performs Center’s First Bi-Compartmental Knee Surgery
Dec 2008Dr. Aaron L. Marlow, a surgeon with Orthopaedic Surgery Centers in Portsmouth, performed Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center’s first bi-compartmental knee replacement surgery. This technique, called partial knee resurfacing, removes the damaged knee structures while preserving bone and ligaments normally sacrificed during total knee replacement.
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CHKD Surgeons First to Perform Deformity- Reversing Operation
Dec 2008Surgeons at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) were the first in the nation to successfully perform a minimally invasive surgery on three patients who had pectus carinatum, a chest-wall deformity that causes the chest to jut out like a bird’s. The procedure used was developed at CHKD to treat a related condition.
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Nightingale Flies High
Dec 2008Sentara’s Nightingale Regional Air Ambulance has achieved a four-year accreditation from CAMTS, the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems. CAMTS sets a voluntary standard for air ambulance services to ensure the highest levels of aviation and patient safety. Nightingale was among four air transport programs to receive the accreditation out of the seven programs up for review in 2008.
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Survey to Provide Key Benchmarking Data for School Health Project
Dec 2008Parents and guardians of Williamsburg-James City County students should have received a questionnaire in the mail in November asking them to report their eating and physical activity habits as part of the School Health Initiative Project (SHIP), launched in 2006. The survey is available online at www.tmfnet.org. Call (757) 220-5347 for more information.
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Medicare Beneficiaries Should Review Plan Changes
Dec 2008The annual enrollment period for Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage began in November, and Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia reminds all Medicare beneficiaries to review their current plan to make sure it still meets their needs. Those with questions should call (800) 633-4227 and talk to a representative.
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Nurses Credentialing Center Names Sentara Norfolk a “Magnet Hospital”
Dec 2008Sentara Norfolk General Hospital was recently named a Magnet Hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and is the first hospital in southeastern Virginia to receive this designation. Only five percent of hospitals throughout the nation have earned this honor by meeting the 164 standards set forth by the credentialing center.
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Sentara TARGITs Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Nov 2008Sentara CarePlex Hospital in Hampton is joining an international clinical trial open to early stage breast cancer patients. The TARGIT Trial, which stands for Targeted Intraoperative Radiation Therapy, will compare the results of conventional external radiation with an investigational single-dose internal radiation treatment. This randomized study could lead to a reduction in the standard length of radiation treatment for breast cancer, which is currently six weeks of daily therapy.
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Lumbar Disk Replacement Surgery Offers Patients a Quick Recovery
Sep 2008Dr. Jeffrey Carlson, a specialist in spine surgery who practices at Orthopaedic & Spine Center in Newport News, recently performed Mary Immaculate Hospital’s first lumbar disk replacement. This surgery allows for more movement than traditional spinal fusion and enables patients to recover more quickly.
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