Volume 10 - Issue 9 - September, 2002
06/19/2008
Robert Petrocelli, MS, BS,
CEO, Heartlab, Inc., Westerly, Rhode Island
Robert Petrocelli, MS, BS,
CEO, Hear...
When I was younger and training as a physicist, I learned a lot about laws of nature, the rules that guide the way things work. However, there was one important law that was never taught: the law of unintended consequences.
Understanding the...
When I was younger and training as a physicist, I learned a lot about laws of nature, the rules that guide the way things work. However, there was one important law that was never taught: the law of unintended consequences.
Understanding the...
When I was younger and training...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
James B. Sherwood, MHA, Consultant, John Goodman & Associates, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada
James B. Sherwood, MHA, Consultant, J...
Warning signs of a suffering cardiovascular program due to a lack of capacity include the following:
Occupancy of inpatient units, especially telemetry and intensive care units, is greater than 80% during non-peak seasons;
Emergency...
Warning signs of a suffering cardiovascular program due to a lack of capacity include the following:
Occupancy of inpatient units, especially telemetry and intensive care units, is greater than 80% during non-peak seasons;
Emergency...
Warning signs of a suffering...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
The Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group
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We frequently give aspirin and Plavix to patients after they receive conscious sedation if we are proceeding to angioplasty after an angiogram. The patients...
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We frequently give aspirin and Plavix to patients after they receive conscious sedation if we are proceeding to angioplasty after an angiogram. The patients...
HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A FUTURE...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
David Joffe, MD, FACC, Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Dayton Heart Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
David Joffe, MD, FACC, Medical Direct...
Hospitals are continually trying to improve patient satisfaction levels by offering the most advanced clinical practices. Ideally, these practices are executed through creative programs that result in time saving for patients and hospital...
Hospitals are continually trying to improve patient satisfaction levels by offering the most advanced clinical practices. Ideally, these practices are executed through creative programs that result in time saving for patients and hospital...
Hospitals are continually trying...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
06/19/2008
The Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion Group
The Cath Lab Digest Email Discussion ...
HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A FUTURE QUESTION?
Email us at cathlabdigest@hotmail.com
We frequently give aspirin and Plavix to patients after they receive conscious sedation if we are proceeding to angioplasty after an angiogram. The patients...
HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A FUTURE QUESTION?
Email us at cathlabdigest@hotmail.com
We frequently give aspirin and Plavix to patients after they receive conscious sedation if we are proceeding to angioplasty after an angiogram. The patients...
HAVE A SUGGESTION FOR A FUTURE...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sandeep Khosla MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief of Cardiology
Director, Endovascular Therapeutics, Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago, Associate Chief of Cardiology,
Finch University of Health Sciences, The Chicago Medical School, Chicago, Illinois
Sandeep Khosla MD, FACC, FSCAI, Chief...
*Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago is a Level I Trauma Center and is a Teaching Institution for Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. For in-depth discussion and case reviews, visit www.peripheralangioplasty.com
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*Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago is a Level I Trauma Center and is a Teaching Institution for Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School. For in-depth discussion and case reviews, visit www.peripheralangioplasty.com
...
*Mount Sinai Hospital, Chicago...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Sue Apple, DNSc, RN,
Washington Hospital Center, Washington, D.C.
Sue Apple, DNSc, RN,
Washington Hosp...
Washington Hospital Center has an annual case volume of approximately 15,000, and between four and five thousand are interventional procedures. There isn’t a toy or device we don’t use! Thus, I could easily discuss interventional cardiology,...
Washington Hospital Center has an annual case volume of approximately 15,000, and between four and five thousand are interventional procedures. There isn’t a toy or device we don’t use! Thus, I could easily discuss interventional cardiology,...
Washington Hospital Center has...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Elizabeth Harris, RN, MBA, Patricia Tyson, RN, MSA, Dan Ketter, BA
and Susana Rangel, RN, Goodroe Healthcare Solutions, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth Harris, RN, MBA, Patricia T...
More than ever, catheterization laboratory managers need access to comparative benchmark data in order to keep pace with the rapidly changing healthcare environment. The following article is the third in a series featuring just such benchmark...
More than ever, catheterization laboratory managers need access to comparative benchmark data in order to keep pace with the rapidly changing healthcare environment. The following article is the third in a series featuring just such benchmark...
More than ever, catheterization...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
Alan Bennett, RCIS, Program Coordinator, Chief Instructor
Troy, Michigan
Alan Bennett, RCIS, Program Coordinat...
Why and how did you become an educator?
I began my career in education at Rhode Island College in Social Studies Secondary Education. My first medical training was at Shepard Air Force Base’s Medical Service School. I decided teaching...
Why and how did you become an educator?
I began my career in education at Rhode Island College in Social Studies Secondary Education. My first medical training was at Shepard Air Force Base’s Medical Service School. I decided teaching...
Why and how did you become an...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
06/19/2008
David Joffe, MD, FACC, Medical Director, Cardiac Cath Lab, Dayton Heart Hospital, Dayton, Ohio
David Joffe, MD, FACC, Medical Direct...
Hospitals are continually trying to improve patient satisfaction levels by offering the most advanced clinical practices. Ideally, these practices are executed through creative programs that result in time saving for patients and hospital...
Hospitals are continually trying to improve patient satisfaction levels by offering the most advanced clinical practices. Ideally, these practices are executed through creative programs that result in time saving for patients and hospital...
Hospitals are continually trying...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
