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5/20/2013 3:04:52 PM
Two St. David’s HealthCare employees were recently named among the Texas Nurses Association’s “Fabulous 5” nurses. Camille Compton, a registered nurse and director of the emergency department at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, and Kathleen Dyre, a registered nurse at St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, were selected from numerous applicants in eight Central Texas counties.
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5/10/2013 4:33:02 PM
n May 2013, Andrea Natale, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center, celebrates five years of leadership at TCAI—an international treatment, training and research center specializing in heart rhythm disorders.
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5/10/2013 9:42:24 AM
In March 2013, The Breast Center at St. David’s Medical Center was designated a Breast Imaging Center of Excellence by the American College of Radiology (ACR).
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5/9/2013 11:33:34 AM
On May 8, 2013, several St. David’s HealthCare facilities—St. David’s Medical Center, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital—were honored with an “A” Hospital Safety ScoreSM by The Leapfrog Group. The Leapfrog Group is an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits.
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5/7/2013 8:59:15 AM
On April 23, 2013, St. David’s HealthCare recognized 883 employees for their dedicated service at the company’s annual Service Awards Banquet at the Hilton Convention Center Hotel. Employees were honored for milestones in employment ranging from five years to 45 years.
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5/3/2013 8:50:06 AM
When it marked 20 years of service to women in Central Texas
last fall, The Breast Center at St. David’s Medical Center wanted to
do something that looked back at its successful past and gave hope
to those who would be coming through its doors in the future.
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5/2/2013 10:05:45 AM
On April 22, 2013, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center became the first facility in the United States to use the multi-electrode nMARQ Pulmonary Vein Isolation System™ to treat paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib) as part of the reMARQable clinical study.
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5/2/2013 10:03:11 AM
n Feb. 23, 2013, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center became the first facility in Texas to treat a patient in a clinical trial to gather additional safety and effectiveness data on Attain Performa® Quadripolar Leads in patients who require cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), a treatment for heart failure that uses an implantable device to improve the pumping efficiency of the heart.
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5/1/2013 12:00:00 AM
As more people seek skilled rehabilitation following surgeries or medical events, aquatic therapy continues to rise in popularity.
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4/30/2013 9:36:43 AM
St. David’s HealthCare has recognized one employee, one physician and one volunteer as the healthcare system’s 2013 Frist Humanitarian Award recipients, putting the three Central Texans in the running for HCA’s national Frist Humanitarian Awards. HCA is the parent company of St. David’s HealthCare.
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4/24/2013 2:16:03 PM
The Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center recently became one of the first facilities in the nation to perform a hysterectomy using a new single-site platform for robotic surgery.
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4/18/2013 6:03:52 PM
On April 17, 2013, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital joined the Texas Cord Blood Bank’s (TCBB) cord blood collection program, making it the first certified cord blood collection site in Williamson County. The TCBB, a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC), is a nonprofit program established by the Texas Legislature in 2001 to collect umbilical cord blood, which can benefit patients—usually children—suffering from a number of potentially fatal diseases.
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4/10/2013 11:26:33 AM
In February 2013, St. David’s Medical Center became the first hospital in Central Texas to earn Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification by DNV Healthcare, one of the leading accrediting agencies in the United States. Comprehensive Stroke Centers offer the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic region.
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4/10/2013 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center recently announced the appointment of Mark Parella, M.D., as medical director of orthopedic trauma, and Ernest Gonzalez, M.D., as medical director of acute care and surgical intensive care units (ICU). In their new roles, Drs. Parrella and Gonzalez will oversee targeted hospital initiatives and departmental leadership within their respective units.
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4/9/2013 9:31:04 AM
On Tuesday, April 9, 2013, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, in partnership with the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA), will commemorate National Donate Life Month with a donor drive, featuring activities designed to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and registration.
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4/3/2013 3:46:08 PM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center are the first in Central Texas to use the SPY Elite® Intraoperative Perfusion Assessment System to treat patients who require reconstructive surgeries. Currently, it is primarily used in breast reconstruction and colorectal procedures.
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4/1/2013 12:11:29 PM
On Jan. 16, 2013, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center treated the first patient in the Boston Scientific Corporation ZERO AF clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Blazer® Open-Irrigated Temperature Ablation Catheter in patients with symptomatic, drug refractory paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation (A Fib). The first procedure in the United States was performed by J. David Burkhardt, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., cardiac electrophysiologist at TCAI.
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3/11/2013 1:07:29 AM
St. David’s HealthCare will launch a new bariatric resource center on its video education channel, StDavidsHealthCast.com. This online educational tool for weight loss surgery treatments and conditions is designed to inform potential patients about the benefits of weight loss surgery.
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2/27/2013 1:45:58 PM
St. David’s Medical Center and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center were named among the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters). Truven Health Analytics is a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. This is the fourth consecutive year that St. David’s Medical Center has received this prestigious ranking and the second consecutive year for St. David’s North Austin Medical Center.
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2/25/2013 10:52:48 AM
The ACR gold seal of accreditation represents the highest level of image quality and patient safety. It is awarded only to facilities meeting ACR Practice Guidelines and Technical Standards after a peer-review evaluation by board-certified physicians and medical physicists who are experts in the field.
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2/21/2013 1:31:42 PM
On Feb. 11, 2013, St. David's Round Rock Medical Center began treating patients in a new warm water therapy pool located within its St. David's Rehabilitation satellite clinic at the Twin Lakes Family YMCA in Cedar Park.
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2/18/2013 2:10:53 PM
In an effort to raise awareness of the most effective ways to reduce a person’s risk of heart disease during American Heart Month, St. David’s HealthCare will feature videos focused on the detection, prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease on its new online education channel, StDavidsHealthCast.com.
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2/18/2013 2:07:15 PM
On Feb. 15, 2013, the Heart Valve Clinic at Heart Hospital of Austin commemorated its one-year anniversary by inviting its patients—who have been given a second chance at life through treatment provided at the clinic—to a celebration event. Over the past year, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at the clinic have treated 55 patients with severe aortic stenosis who were previously considered “inoperable” and, in some cases, given only months to live.
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2/14/2013 12:09:46 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located on the campus of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, today announced the addition of key medical staff, including the appointment of a director and three physicians. Yvette McDonald, MSN, has been named director of St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas. Prior to this promotion, McDonald served as the director of the neonatal intensive care, nursery and lactation units at the hospital’s women’s center for the past five years.
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2/5/2013 3:16:12 PM
St. David’s HealthCare launched its new video education channel, StDavidsHealthCast.com, courtesy of ORLive.com—BroadcastMed’s surgical broadcasting website. The channel allows physicians and, in some cases, the general public, to view procedures performed by world-class physicians within St. David’s HealthCare, as well as learn about new advances in research, new technology, innovative procedures and trauma care.
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2/4/2013 3:18:26 PM
On Jan. 31, 2013, St. David’s HealthCare was named one of America’s Top Workplaces by WorkplaceDynamics. St. David’s HealthCare, the only hospital in Central Texas to make the list, was ranked No. 33 nationwide among 872 organizations with more than 1,000 employees that participated in regional Top Workplaces programs. St. David’s HealthCare was also the highest ranked healthcare system on the list.
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2/4/2013 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s HealthCare has named Paul Ortiz as its new regional vice president for cancer services. In this role, Ortiz will work with key division personnel, hospital management teams and physicians to develop cancer services within St. David’s HealthCare facilities. He will assume his new role on Feb. 11, 2013.
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1/31/2013 2:24:03 PM
St. David’s Medical Center has named R. David Shimp, FACHE, as its new chief operating officer. Shimp assumed his new role in January 2013.
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1/31/2013 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center recently achieved accreditation as a Mission: Lifeline Heart Attack receiving facility. To achieve this accreditation, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center met the high standards set by the American Heart Association and the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The hospital is now being recognized for its quick and effective treatment of the most severe type of heart attack, known as STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction).
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1/24/2013 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On Saturday, Feb. 2, from 8 a.m. to noon, Heart Hospital of Austin will offer free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18. The screening will include a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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1/14/2013 10:36:35 AM
On Jan. 14, 2013, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center joined the Texas Cord Blood Bank’s (TCBB) cord blood collection program, making it a certified cord blood collection site. The TCBB, a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC), is a nonprofit program established by the Texas Legislature in 2001 to collect umbilical cord blood, which can benefit patients—usually children—suffering from a number of potentially fatal diseases.
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1/11/2013 9:17:31 AM
GEORGETOWN, Texas—St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has named Shane Boff, supervisor of inpatient therapy programs, as its 2012 Caregiver of the Year. This award recognizes employees who demonstrate St. David’s HealthCare’s core values of integrity, compassion,accountability, respect and excellence in their interactions with patients, visitors, physicians and fellow staff members.
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1/10/2013 9:42:16 AM
St. David’s HealthCare President and Chief Executive Officer David Huffstutler has been elected to the Texas Hospital Association’s (THA) Board of Trustees to serve a three-year term beginning Jan. 1, 2013.
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12/14/2012 8:29:00 AM
GEORGETOWN, Texas—St. David’s Georgetown Hospital announced today that it has expanded its critical care and pulmonology services by adding an additional physician as a result of a steady increase in patients requiring a higher level of care. In the first nine months of 2012, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital’s critical care admissions were 21 percent greater than the same period last year.
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11/30/2012 1:51:06 PM
GEORGETOWN, Texas—St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has named Ruben Castro as its new chief operating officer. In this role, Castro will be responsible for overseeing most of the ancillary departments including radiology, laboratory, pharmacy, engineering, environmental services and dietary. In addition, he will serve as the hospital’s ethics and compliance officer. He assumed his new role on Nov. 12, 2012.
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11/20/2012 3:51:30 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center expanded its leadership team by welcoming two new directors to the hospital’s surgical services and intensive care unit (ICU). Karen Schelfhout, RN, BSN, MS, was named the director of surgical services and Nancy Eisenhuth, RN, BSN, MS, was named the director of the intensive care unit.
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11/16/2012 9:27:48 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—St. David’s Medical Center has named Julie Perez as its new chief financial officer. In this role, Perez will oversee the financial operations of St. David’s Medical Center, which includes the campuses of Heart Hospital of Austin and St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, as well as St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital.
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11/12/2012 11:15:14 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Heart Hospital of Austin has selected 11 community organizations to receive automated external defibrillators (AEDs) and life-saving training as part of its Community Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program. The program, which was launched in late August, is designed to provide AED devices and education to organizations that host large numbers of people.
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11/2/2012 10:44:03 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Heart Hospital of Austin has named Candice Fonke, R.N., M.B.A., as its new chief nursing officer. In this role, she is responsible for leading the nursing team at Heart Hospital of Austin, as well as overseeing compliance with regulatory agencies and customer satisfaction. Fonke assumed this position on Oct. 24, 2012.
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10/31/2012 4:01:32 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, St. David’s Medical Center was among 43 HCA (Hospital Corporation of America) hospitals in 16 states to participate in a study to examine the most effective strategies to prevent methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, infections in patients receiving medical care in the intensive care unit (ICU). The study—known as Randomized Evaluation of Decolonization Versus Universal Clearance to Eliminate (REDUCE) MRSA—concluded that using antimicrobial soap and ointment on ICU patients reduces bloodstream infections, including MRSA, by 44 percent.
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10/26/2012 9:31:25 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On Oct. 19, 2012, Roger Gammon, M.D., interventional cardiologist at Heart Hospital of Austin and medical director of research at Austin Heart, served as a featured speaker for the 3rd annual Stem Cell Research Symposium: Spotlight on Texas held at the Texas Capitol. He was joined by world-renowned researchers.
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10/24/2012 10:09:00 AM
After months of careful consideration and discussion with stakeholders, St. David’s HealthCare today announced its opposition to Proposition 1, a tax-increase initiative on the Nov. 6 ballot.
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10/22/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN—On Oct. 18, 2012, The Breast Center at St. David’s Medical Center hosted a free, community-wide event to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Founded in October 1992, The Breast Center at St. David’s Medical Center was the first of its kind in Austin, and it was the first to begin using digital mammography when it adopted the technology in 2003. With state-of-the art technology and exceptional medical providers, The Breast Center performs more than 10,000 mammograms and 1,200 biopsies annually.
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10/16/2012 4:39:59 PM
AUSTIN—On Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, St. David’s Medical Center will host a reunion for the families of infants who spent time in St. David’s Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)—allowing them to reunite with the nurses and doctors who cared for them as infants. Because of the intense nature of the care provided for babies in the NICU and the length of their stay, doctors and nurses often form lifelong relationships with patients and their families.
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10/8/2012 4:42:20 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—In September, Heart Hospital of Austin became the first site in Austin to implant the new Accent MRI® Pacemaker and Tendril MRI® Lead system as part of a clinical trial. The study will ultimately determine if patients implanted with these devices can safely and effectively undergo full-body, high-resolution Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans to better accommodate their medical needs.
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10/2/2012 5:20:43 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—On Oct. 1, 2012, St. David’s Medical Center, which includes Heart Hospital of Austin, was named among the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters).
St. David’s Medical Center, including Heart Hospital of Austin, is the only Texas hospital to be recognized with the designation this year. Prior to being consolidated under St. David’s Medical Center, Heart Hospital of Austin was recognized with this honor six times.
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9/20/2012 3:26:59 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—On September 19, 2012, three St. David’s HealthCare facilities were named among the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center were recognized by The Joint Commission based on reported data related to evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care, children’s asthma, stroke and venous thrombo embolism, as well as inpatient psychiatric services.
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9/13/2012 4:19:46 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, NeuroTexas Institute and St. David’s Medical Center expanded the hospital’s stroke program, adding additional medical staff. Dr. Johanna Morton was named the new stroke medical director for St. David’s Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. Elizabeth Carroll joined NeuroTexas Institute as a neuro-hospitalist at St. David’s Medical Center. Sarah Andrews, the stroke coordinator for the program, also joined the institute.
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9/5/2012 3:29:11 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—St. David’s South Austin Medical Center has named Daniel Huffine as its new chief financial officer. Previously, Huffine served as the division controller for the Central and West Texas Division of HCA (Hospital Corporation of America), which includes St. David’s HealthCare in Austin, for six years. He will begin transitioning to his new role in September 2012, as his successor is identified.
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9/4/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center received the UnitedHealth Premium specialty center designation in recognition of quality cardiac care. St. David’s South Austin Medical Center was designated as a UnitedHealth Premium Rhythm Management specialty center, Cardiac Surgery specialty center and an Interventional Cardiac Care specialty center.
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8/29/2012 5:12:07 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—On Aug. 29, 2012, Heart Hospital of Austin announced its Community Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Program designed to distribute AED devices and provide life-saving education to organizations that host large numbers of people. Eleven organizations in the Greater Austin area will be selected to receive AEDs through an application process.
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8/24/2012 12:00:00 AM
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this year has been the worst year for West Nile virus in the United States in 10 years, and Texas has the nation’s highest number of West Nile virus cases to date. There have been multiple cases of West Nile illnesses reported in Central Texas, aerial sprays in Dallas to combat mosquitoes, and numerous questions about prevention and treatment from the public.
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8/23/2012 8:39:07 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, physicians at NeuroTexas Institute became the first in Central Texas to use the Pipeline® Embolization Device, which is designed to provide endovascular treatment of adults with large or giant wide-necked intracranial aneurysms in the internal carotid artery circulation.
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8/22/2012 5:25:44 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, physicians at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) presented preliminary findings of a study that reveals patients with atrial fibrillation (A Fib), a heart rhythm disorder, who received first-line catheter ablation treatment were free from arrhythmias longer than patients who receive antiarrhythmic drugs, the standard first-line treatment. The findings were presented at the Heart Rhythm Society’s (HRS) 33rd Annual Scientific Sessions in Boston, Heart Rhythm 2012.
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8/6/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On Saturday, Aug. 4, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Heart Hospital of Austin offered free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18 years of age. The screening included a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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7/31/2012 5:14:28 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, physicians at Heart Hospital of Austin began participating in CONNECT II, a global clinical trial conditionally approved by the FDA that gives physicians access to a sophisticated new imaging technology tool to fight Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). The technology, called Ocelot, helps to eliminate the need for bypass surgeries and/or amputations in patients with the disease. Each year, nearly 200,000 amputations occur as a result of PAD, and many of them can be avoided. Heart Hospital of Austin is the only site in Central Texas to participate in this trial.
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7/31/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—St. David’s Medical Center has been designated as a 2012 Texas Ten Step facility by the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Hospital Association. This annual designation is awarded to birthing facilities that provide optimal care to improve breastfeeding outcomes and the health of newborns and infants.
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7/27/2012 2:56:09 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, St. David’s Medical Center hosted a team of 10 Japanese physicians and nurses to educate them about the most effective ways to reduce Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CAUTIs).
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7/26/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN—Five St. David’s HealthCare facilities recently qualified for the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Receiving Center Performance Achievement Award. The award recognizes hospitals’ commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients that effectively improves the survival and care of STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) patients.
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7/20/2012 2:42:43 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—St. David’s Medical Center and NeuroTexas Institute at St. David’s HealthCare have received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes St. David’s Medical Center’s commitment and success in implementing excellent clinical protocols for stroke patients, according to evidence-based guidelines.
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7/20/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On July 10, 2012, St. David’s Medical Center became the first hospital in Central Texas to offer robotic hip replacement using MAKOplasty® Hip—the latest innovation in total hip replacement surgery performed using the RIO® system, a highly advanced, surgeon-controlled robotic arm system that enables the accurate alignment and positioning of implants. St. David’s Medical Center has offered robotic-assisted MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing using the RIO system for approximately two years.
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7/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, St. David’s Medical Center and NeuroTexas Institute at St. David’s HealthCare received the UnitedHealth Premium specialty center designation in recognition of quality surgical spine care.
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7/10/2012 4:41:51 PM
AUSTIN, Texas—St. David’s HealthCare announced today the appointment of Wes Fountain as chief financial officer for St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center. Effective July 30, 2012, Fountain—who has more than 23 years of financial management and leadership experience in the healthcare industry—will lead the financial division of these two hospitals.
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7/10/2012 3:51:08 PM
ROUND ROCK, Texas—On Saturday, July 14, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center will offer free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18 years of age. The screening includes a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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6/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On June 6, 2012, St. David’s Medical Center and St. David’s North Austin Medical Center were honored with “A” Hospital Safety ScoresSM by The Leapfrog Group, an independent national nonprofit run by employers and other large purchasers of health benefits. The Hospital Safety ScoresSM were calculated under the guidance of The Leapfrog Group’s Blue Ribbon Expert Panel using publicly available data on patient injuries, medical and medication errors, and infections. U.S. hospitals were assigned an A, B, C, D, or F for their safety.
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6/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On June 18, 2012, St. David’s Emergency Center will begin treating patients with medical emergencies in and around Bastrop County. St. David’s Emergency Center—which will serve as an extension of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center—is located at the site of the former Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop, which closed its doors in November 2010.
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6/12/2012 9:58:10 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—Recently, Heart Hospital of Austin received the UnitedHealth Premium specialty center designation in recognition of quality cardiac care.
UnitedHealthcare® developed the UnitedHealth Premium specialty center program to give its members information and access to hospitals meeting rigorous quality criteria. The designation is based on detailed information about specialized training, practice capabilities and outcomes, and is designed to help members make informed decisions should they need cardiac care.
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6/12/2012 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas—On May 25, St. David’s Medical Center hosted a delegation of 18 women from more than 18 different African countries to explore strategies to combat gender violence in the United States and efforts to sensitize government officials to the needs of the abused. This delegation visited the United States through the U.S. Department of State's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP), which fosters citizen-to-citizen diplomacy for emerging leaders, and GlobalAustin.
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6/8/2012 5:17:18 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center has been designated as a 2012 Texas Ten Step facility by the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Hospital Association. This annual designation is awarded to birthing facilities that provide optimal care to improve breastfeeding outcomes and the health of newborns and infants.
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6/8/2012 5:15:50 PM
Vard Curtis, M.D., medical director of St. David’s Emergency Center in Pflugerville—an extension of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center—was recently appointed to the Austin-Travis County EMS (Emergency Management Services) Advisory Board by the Travis County Commissioners’ Court.
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5/23/2012 1:35:50 PM
Recently, physicians at the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center became the first in Central Texas to perform a new minimally invasive catheter-based procedure that uses the LARIAT Suture Delivery Device to close the left atrial appendage, or LAA, to treat patients with Atrial Fibrillation, or A Fib. A Fib is a type of heart rhythm disorder that affects the electrical system, or “wiring,” of the heart muscle.
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5/23/2012 1:34:07 PM
Several St. David’s HealthCare facilities recently received Chest Pain Center Accreditations—all of which were reaccreditations—from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). The SCPC is an international, not-for-profit organization that focuses on transforming cardiovascular care by assisting facilities in their efforts to create communities of excellence that bring together quality, cost and patient satisfaction.
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5/15/2012 7:44:41 AM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced the addition of Cindy S. Sexton to its leadership team as vice president and chief financial officer. Effective June 1, 2012, Sexton—who has more than 22 years of financial management and leadership experience in the healthcare industry—will lead the financial division of St. David’s HealthCare’s seven-hospital healthcare system, across 60 locations in Central Texas.
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5/14/2012 3:26:36 PM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center was recently awarded the Gold Healthy Hospital Award by Stryker Sustainability Solutions for its waste reduction efforts and environmentally sound health care practices in 2011. The award cites the hospital’s outstanding performance in reducing environmental harm and improving overall hospital quality through medical device remanufacturing and reprocessing.
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5/14/2012 12:39:44 PM
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin and Central Texas (RMHC Austin) is scheduled to open a new Ronald McDonald Family Room at St. David’s Medical Center in June.
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5/14/2012 12:37:35 PM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has been designated as a 2012 Texas Ten Step facility by the Department of State Health Services and the Texas Hospital Association. This annual designation is awarded to birthing facilities that provide optimal care to improve breastfeeding outcomes and the health of newborns and infants.
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5/10/2012 1:48:34 PM
Recently, St. David’s Medical Center became the first hospital in Central Texas to acquire fluorescence imaging technology with the da Vinci® Si™ Surgical System. This technology offers the capability of providing real-time, image-guided identification of key anatomical landmarks using near-infrared technology. Fluorescence imaging allows surgeons to see and assess anatomy better than the naked eye, further enhancing the unmatched vision, precision and control of minimally invasive da Vinci surgery.
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5/10/2012 6:31:37 AM
St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital recently launched a new oncology rehabilitation program, which includes inpatient and outpatient cancer programs, providing patients with access to physicians who specialize in rehabilitative care, nurses and therapists who tailor a rehabilitation program to meet patients’ specific needs. The program ensures patients have immediate access to cancer resources, technologies and treatments.
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5/2/2012 7:13:26 PM
On April 16, 2012, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, a St. David’s Medical Center Facility, was included in the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of health care. The hospital was included in the list as a campus of St. David’s Medical Center, which received the designation for the third consecutive year. This is the first year the Georgetown campus’ quality data was included in Thomson Reuters’ evaluation of St. David’s Medical Center for the award.
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5/2/2012 7:11:38 PM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center has been awarded a three-year term of accreditation in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as the result of a recent review by the American College of Radiology (ACR). MRI is a noninvasive medical test that utilizes magnetic fields to produce anatomical images of internal body parts to help physicians diagnose and treat medical conditions.
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5/2/2012 7:07:53 PM
Heart Hospital of Austin is now enrolling patients in the SYMPLICITY HTN-3 study, a clinical trial of the investigational Symplicity® renal denervation system for treatment-resistant hypertension. Treatment-resistant hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure that remains high (greater than 140/90 mmHg) despite treatment with three or more anti-hypertensive medications.
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4/23/2012 10:00:23 AM
St. David’s HealthCare has named Corey Jones, M.D., medical director of the new St. David’s Emergency Center in Bastrop, located at the site of the former Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop. In this role, Dr. Jones will oversee the medical operations of the new center.
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4/19/2012 8:07:28 AM
On April 16, 2012, three St. David’s HealthCare hospitals—St. David’s Medical Center, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center—were named to the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare.
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4/13/2012 4:35:32 PM
On Friday, April 20, 2012, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA) will commemorate National Donate Life Month with a donor drive, featuring activities to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and registration, at The Dell Diamond in Round Rock.
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4/12/2012 8:13:12 PM
Recently, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center began offering transradial access—through the wrist—for heart procedures, which is a more advanced way to access arteries resulting in fewer complications, better outcomes and a faster recovery time for some patients.
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4/12/2012 8:10:29 PM
Heart Hospital of Austin recently performed the first successful treatment of a patient using the Safire™ BLU™ Duo ablation catheter. The Safire BLU Duo ablation catheter is the latest in advanced ablation technology, helping physicians treat patients using minimally invasive catheter-based methods to achieve successful outcomes for patients with heart rhythm abnormalities.
Ablation catheters are thin, flexible wires that deliver radiofrequency energy to specific areas of cardiac tissue in order to create lesions, or tiny scars, that interrupt the abnormal electrical signals contributing to heart rhythm abnormalities. The Safire BLU Duo, developed by St. Jude Medical, is an irrigated ablation catheter with dual sets of irrigation ports designed to provide uniform tip cooling and reduce high temperature edge effects, resulting in a safer delivery of ablation therapy.
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4/9/2012 7:51:57 AM
On April 11-13, St. David’s Medical Center will simulcast the national TEDMED 2012 conference to the public at no cost through a collaboration with TEDxAustin. TEDMED is the annual gathering where science, medical and technology leaders focus on "imagination, innovation and inspiration" to advance the art of health and medicine. TEDMED is the world's only TED-licensed event focused solely on innovation and breakthrough thinking across all of health and medicine. The conference will be held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.
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4/4/2012 1:56:25 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, has expanded its health and wellness services available to women with the addition of the MultiCare Platinum™ and Suros ATEC® Breast Biopsy and Excision System for use under stereotactic (x-ray) imaging.
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4/4/2012 1:54:20 PM
St. David’s Urgent Care Pflugerville, a department of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, has earned a laboratory accreditation by COLA—a national healthcare accreditation organization—as a result of the center’s long-term commitment to providing quality service to urgent care patients.
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3/30/2012 2:44:27 PM
This month, St. David’s HealthCare began building the new St. David’s Emergency Center in Bastrop, located at the site of the former Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop. St. David’s HealthCare acquired the former Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop facility in August 2011—after the hospital closed its doors in November 2010. The St. David’s Emergency Center, which is scheduled to open June 18, will serve as an extension of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center’s emergency department.
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3/15/2012 2:30:59 PM
On Feb. 15, 2012, physicians at Heart Hospital of Austin became the first in Central Texas to perform a new, catheter-based valve replacement procedure, known as a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), since the technology was approved by the FDA in November 2011. The procedure offers an alternative to traditional, open-chest surgery in some patients.
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3/13/2012 9:03:12 AM
Recently, St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital at St. David’s Medical Center began serving as an investigational site for the INSTRIDE clinical trial, designed to compare a device called the WalkAide to a standard brace called an ankle foot orthosis (AFO) in treating patients with “foot drop”—a condition in which patients cannot lift their feet when walking—due to a stroke.
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3/13/2012 8:57:12 AM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center has named Tina Mendiola, RN, BSN, RNC-OB, MBA, director of women’s services. In this role, she will oversee the labor and delivery unit, postpartum unit, nursery and neonatal intensive care unit.
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3/13/2012 12:00:00 AM
On March 1 and 2, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s HealthCare hosted the first-ever EP Live conference. The event, which was attended by 125 medical experts in the field of electrophysiology, including practicing cardiac electrophysiologists, electrophysiology (EP) fellows, general cardiologists and cardiac surgeons with an interest in treating complex arrhythmias.
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3/6/2012 1:24:03 PM
Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center announced today that it has partnered with three Texas hospitals to create an initiative to help improve patient care and enhance the delivery of care in da Vinci robotic surgery. As part of the initiative, Medical City in Dallas, Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio and Las Palmas Del Sol Healthcare in El Paso will be affiliates of the Austin-based Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery in the delivery of da Vinci surgical services.
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3/5/2012 1:11:00 PM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center Remains Busiest Trauma Center in Williamson County
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3/1/2012 8:00:00 PM
St. David’s HealthCare announced today the addition of Thomas W. Knight, M.D., to its leadership team as chief medical officer. Knight will lead the clinical and quality initiatives that support the provision of consistent clinical performance and practice standards in St. David’s HealthCare’s seven hospitals and other sites across Central Texas.
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2/28/2012 2:25:07 PM
Sally Gillam—chief nursing officer of St. David’s South Austin Medical Center—was awarded the Texas Organization of Nurse Executives’ (TONE) Excellence in Leadership Award.
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2/27/2012 3:54:26 PM
The Cancer Program at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation with commendation by the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for its commitment to comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for cancer patients.
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2/18/2012 6:07:18 PM
On Saturday, Feb. 18, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., Heart Hospital of Austin offered free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18 years of age. The screening included a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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2/14/2012 11:03:41 AM
On Feb. 14, 2012, St. David’s Medical Center became the first hospital in Austin to join the Texas Cord Blood Bank’s (TCBB) cord blood collection program. The TCBB, a division of the South Texas Blood & Tissue Center (STBTC), is a nonprofit program established by the Texas legislature in 2001 to collect umbilical cord blood, which can benefit patients, usually children, suffering from a number of potentially fatal diseases.
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2/6/2012 12:20:24 PM
Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery One of First in United States to Use New Surgical Platform.
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2/3/2012 8:55:03 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has recently receivedcertification as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. Thisdesignation recognizes the hospital’s commitment and success inimplementing excellent care for stroke patients in the Round Rock Community.
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1/30/2012 8:19:00 AM
The Cancer Program at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center has been awarded a three-year accreditation with commendation in all eight evaluation areas from the Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons for its commitment to comprehensive, multidisciplinary care for cancer patients.
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1/24/2012 3:16:24 PM
On January 24, Heart Hospital of Austin opened a Heart Valve Clinic, the first of its kind in the region. The clinic gives new hope to patients with severe aortic stenosis who were previously considered “inoperable,” delivering a multidisciplinary approach to evaluating such cases. Additionally, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons at the clinic will collaboratively identify patients who may be eligible for a new, catheter-based valve replacement procedure, known as trans-catheter aortic valve replacement, instead of traditional, open-chest procedures. Heart Hospital of Austin is among the first sites in the nation to receive this trans-catheter aortic valve replacement technology since it was approved by the FDA in November 2011.
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1/20/2012 7:32:58 PM
On Dec. 22, 2011, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center completed its first robotic cardiac ablation procedure with the Stereotaxis Epoch™ Platform for complex cardiac arrhythmias. The Epoch Platform is a state-of-the-art computer-controlled robotic navigation system that allows physicians to safely navigate in a patient’s heart to ablate diseased tissue that is causing cardiac arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. TCAI is the first facility in Central Texas and is among the first in the world to use this technology.
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1/17/2012 2:51:00 PM
Heart Hospital of Austin and Austin Heart enrolled the first patient in a clinical trial known as the LEVANT 2, a global, multicenter, randomized study evaluating the effectiveness of the Moxy™ Drug Coated Balloon compared to a standard angioplasty balloon for treating patients with Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). Heart Hospital of Austin/Austin Heart is one of only 55 global centers selected for this study, and it is the only site in Texas.
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1/17/2012 8:00:00 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has named Karla Hosick, BSN, the new director of trauma services for its trauma program. With more than 12 years of experience in the trauma field, Hosick will oversee administrative and management aspects of the trauma program at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center.
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1/16/2012 2:18:04 PM
Today, St. David’s HealthCare, along with two El Paso-based hospitals, which together make up the HCA Central and West Texas Division, were named among the nation’s 15 top U.S. health systems by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. The award recognizes hospital systems that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction and operational efficiency, based on balanced system-wide clinical performance.
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1/3/2012 5:45:52 PM
St. David’s Medical Center recently launched its new “Baby Matters” Nurse Navigator service, designed to help mothers of high-risk infants prepare for their baby’s stay in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
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12/19/2011 5:47:00 PM
Heart Hospital of Austin has been designated an Aetna Institute of Quality® Cardiac Care Facility for comprehensive heart and vascular treatment, including cardiac medical intervention, cardiac rhythm and cardiac surgery.
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12/19/2011 8:01:07 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center recently received primary stroke center certification from The Joint Commission. The Joint Commission recognizes centers that make exceptional efforts to foster better outcomes for stroke care.
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12/2/2011 12:00:00 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, recently won the Best Hospital Maternity Care Award by the Austin Birth Awards committee. St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas was recognized for providing outstanding care in maternity services.
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12/1/2011 11:00:00 AM
Recently, St. David’s Medical Center welcomed Linda Fonseca, M.D., a perinatologist, (also known as maternal-fetal medicine specialist), to its team of maternal-fetal medical specialists, which supports the hospital’s high-risk obstetrics program and transport team providing live-saving care to women and their babies throughout Central Texas.
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12/1/2011 10:30:00 AM
On November 30, 2011, a physician at Heart Hospital of Austin became the first in Texas to implant the Unify Quadra™ cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator (CRT-D) and Quartet® Left Ventricular Quadripolar Pacing Lead
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11/29/2011 2:47:00 PM
St. David’s North Austin Medical Center announced today that Thomas N. Payne, M.D., a national leader in gynecologic robotic surgery, has been named medical director of the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery, effective Dec. 5, 2011. Payne will join Randy Fagin, M.D.,chief administrative officer of the Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery, on the institute’s administrative board.
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11/23/2011 10:54:40 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center was recently awarded the Economic Impact Award at the Williamson County Growth Summit. The award recognizes St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center’s contribution and ongoing growth and support of Williamson County.
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11/14/2011 10:12:00 AM
On November 14, 2011, Heart Hospital of Austin was named one of the nation’s 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals by Thomson Reuters for 2012. This is the sixth year Heart Hospital of Austin has been recognized with this honor. Heart Hospital of Austin was a five-time recipient of Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals® Cardiovascular Benchmarks for Success award.
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11/9/2011 4:08:00 PM
On Dec. 6, 2011, St. David’s Emergency Center will begin treating patients with medical emergencies in and around the City of Pflugerville. St. David’s Emergency Center, located in the Stone Hill Town Center at the southwest corner of Texas 130 and Texas 45, will operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
A recent clinical trial has shown the On-X® Prosthetic Heart Valve—implanted by physicians within St. David’s HealthCare since 2002—surpasses all other artificial valves on the market in potentially eliminating the need for anticoagulant treatment, such as blood thinners.
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10/20/2011 12:00:00 AM
During its first year, the Austin Heart Vein Center at Heart Hospital of Austin treated more than 300 patients with advanced symptomatic vein disease—including various procedures to treat conditions related to venous insufficiency. The center began treating patients in July 2010.
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10/19/2011 12:00:00 AM
Heart Hospital of Austin has been listed as Five-Star Rated for Valve Surgery and Heart Failure according to a report released today by HealthGrades, a national, independent source of physician information and hospital quality outcomes. The HealthGrades report found that patients treated at “five-star rated” hospitals experience a 73% lower risk of mortality and a 63% lower risk of complications.
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10/14/2011 8:00:00 AM
St. David’s Georgetown Hospital has recognized three of its employees with ICARE Awards for the third quarter of 2011. The three honorees are Tanya Mapp, Arinda Kessler and Pamela Thompson.
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10/12/2011 8:37:18 AM
On Saturday, October 15, 2011, St. David’s Medical Center will host a reunion for the families of infants who spent time in St. David’s Medical Center’s Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)—giving them a chance to reunite with the nurses and doctors who cared for them as infants.
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10/5/2011 1:57:11 PM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced that it has joined Spirit of Women, an integrated partnership of hospitals and health care systems across the country that aims to drive health action for women and their families, to create St. David’s Spirit of Women.
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10/2/2011 11:14:02 PM
In September, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center launched the KIDS Teaching KIDS program in Central Texas. The program works with area high school culinary students to create healthy snack recipes that are compiled into a book and distributed to local elementary schools’ parent/teacher associations.
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9/30/2011 4:38:00 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas Center, located at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, will host a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) reunion for babies born and cared for in the facility’s NICU.
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9/30/2011 12:00:00 AM
In September 2011, doctors at Heart Hospital of Austin became the first in Austin to perform a minimally invasive, hybrid procedure to treat multivessel coronary disease. This hybrid procedure—a collaborative approach to cardiac revascularization that involves both a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon—combines coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and coronary artery stenting to restore blood supply to the heart.
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9/22/2011 12:00:00 AM
On Sept. 30, 2011, Roger Gammon, M.D., interventional cardiologist at Heart Hospital of Austin and director of research at Austin Heart, and Stanley Wang, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., clinical cardiologist at Heart Hospital of Austin and director of legislative affairs at Austin Heart, will moderate Texans for Stem Cell Research’s 2nd Annual Educational Symposium at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Drs. Gammon and Wang will be joined by researchers from across the globe.
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9/15/2011 12:00:00 AM
According to hospital mortality data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) in August 2011, Heart Hospital of Austin is one of three Texas hospitals with a heart attack mortality rate that is “better than the U.S. national rate.” The analysis is based on hospital mortality data provided by CMS on its Hospital Compare website.
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9/14/2011 5:24:49 PM
Two St. David’s HealthCare facilities were named among the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission, the leading accreditor of health care organizations in America. St. David’s North Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center were recognized by The Joint Commission based on data reported about evidence-based clinical processes that are shown to improve care for certain conditions, including heart attack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asthma.
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9/8/2011 1:30:33 PM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and St. David’s Medical Center recently began using the Cepheid GeneXpert System to test for various infectious diseases in a fraction of the time.
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9/8/2011 1:28:36 PM
St. David’s HealthCare is offering a series of free prostate cancer screenings in September in recognition of National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. The screenings, intended for men over the age of 40, include a PSA blood test and rectal exam.
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8/31/2011 2:42:00 PM
Job Fair for the soon to be open St. David's Emergency Center - Pflugerville
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8/23/2011 7:42:38 PM
On August 11, 2011, several St. David’s HealthCare employees won Health Care Heroes Awards—sponsored by the Austin Business Journal—for their contributions to health care in Central Texas. The Health Care Heroes Awards honor individuals, organizations and companies for their contributions to improving health care in Central Texas. The winners were announced at an awards breakfast at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center.
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8/23/2011 12:00:00 AM
AUSTIN, TEXAS—St. David’s HealthCare today announced a six-year agreement with The University of Texas at Austin Athletics making the Central Texas-based health care system the official health care sponsor and emergency services provider for the Longhorns’ 20-sport men’s and women’s athletics program.
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8/19/2011 4:34:20 PM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced the acquisition of the former Lakeside Hospital at Bastrop facility, which closed in November 2010 and is scheduled to open early next year as the region’s third St. David’s Emergency Center.
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8/17/2011 8:19:43 PM
Doctors at Heart Hospital of Austin and Austin Heart, one of the largest non-academic cardiovascular research departments in the United States, are working to identify patients for a clinical trial to investigate a therapy that would allow physicians to treat patients with severe Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD) using adult stem cells harvested from a patient’s own body. The study will focus on patients with critical limb ischemia, a severe blockage in the arteries of the lower extremities that significantly reduces blood flow, a condition that often results in amputation.
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8/10/2011 10:03:59 AM
St. David’s HealthCare announced today that Allen Harrison has been named chief executive officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, effective September 1, 2011. Harrison will replace Donald Wilkerson, who was named chief executive officer of St. David’s Medical Center in July 2011.
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7/28/2011 5:53:00 PM
The Western Travis County community celebrated the completion of St. David's Emergency Center July 28. The 12-bed, full-service facility—the first free-standing emergency center in Central Texas—is set to open Aug. 1st.
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7/25/2011 9:57:15 AM
On July 30, 2011, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Heart Hospital of Austin and Championship Hearts Foundation will offer free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18 years of age. The screening includes a 12-lead electrocardiogram (EKG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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7/22/2011 9:51:31 AM
On July 15, 2011, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center opened an Austin Java coffee shop inside its newly renovated facility.
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7/22/2011 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s HealthCare invites you to join us for a Grand Opening Celebration and take a sneak peek at the new St. David’s Emergency Center — an amazing facility built to provide peace of mind for you and your family.
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7/21/2011 12:48:11 PM
On July 6, 2011, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center became the first facility in the United States to use the ThermoCool® SmartTouch™ Contact Force Sensing Catheter as part of a clinical trial. The procedure was performed by Andrea Natale, M.D., F.H.R.S., F.A.C.C., F.E.S.C., cardiac electrophysiologist and executive medical director of TCAI, to treat Atrial Fibrillation, or A Fib. A Fib is a common heart rhythm disorder that can lead to a fatal stroke if it is not properly treated.
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7/20/2011 5:35:23 PM
Three of the Top Five Area Hospitals in the Best Hospitals Metro Area Rankings for Austin are Part of St. David’s HealthCare
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7/20/2011 1:49:00 PM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center opened an Austin Java coffee shop inside its newly renovated facility.
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7/19/2011 5:29:00 PM
On August 1, 2011, St. David’s Emergency Center will begin treating patients with medical emergencies in and around the City of Bee Cave. St. David’s Emergency Center, located in front of Bee Cave’s City Hall at the Hill Country Galleria, is the first facility of its kind in Central Texas. It features 12 multipurpose exam rooms, one of which is a trauma room; a CT scanner; a radiology unit; and a stat lab for prompt diagnosis confirmation.
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7/18/2011 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s HealthCare announced today that Donald H. Wilkerson has been named chief executive officer of St. David’s Medical Center. Wilkerson has more than 35 years of experience in hospital administration; he has served as chief executive officer of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center since June 1998.
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7/15/2011 2:10:51 PM
On July 15, 2011, St. David’s HealthCare launched an online preregistration feature for all patients, providing greater convenience and enhancing the efficiency of the registration process.
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7/10/2011 12:00:00 AM
Dialing in from her home in Houston, Dr. Heather Linn performs a mock stroke consultation with a St. David's Georgetown nurse. The hospital recently debuted its telemedicine program, bringing neurologists to patients in a matter of minutes.
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6/14/2011 12:00:00 AM
Since 2001, Heart Hospital of Austin has provided life-saving heart screenings for Central Texas youth. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a serious heart condition that affects 1 in 500 student athletes every year, often without any warning.
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6/3/2011 1:06:12 PM
On Friday, June 3, 2011, St. David’s HealthCare broke ground on the St. David’s Emergency Center in Pflugerville—an emergency department and the first full-service emergency care facility in the city. Upon completion, the facility will feature 12 treatment beds, advanced testing capabilities including radiological testing and a medical lab, and will be staffed by board-certified emergency medicine physicians affiliated with St. David’s HealthCare.
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6/2/2011 10:18:03 AM
The St. David’s Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary awarded Kenneth Poteete Scholarships to four graduating seniors from Georgetown High School who plan on majoring in human health-related fields and have financial need. The scholarship recipients were announced on May 16, during the St. David’s Georgetown Hospital Auxiliary luncheon at Berry Creek Country Club.
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5/24/2011 1:11:09 PM
On May 24, 2011, Yogi, a golden retriever from Austin, was recognized during The Humane Society of the United States’ “Dog of Valor” award ceremony at St. David’s Rehabilitation Hospital. Yogi is credited with saving his then 57-year-old owner, Paul Horton, after he fell off his bike late last year and suffered a spinal cord injury, leaving him paralyzed from the chest down.
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5/19/2011 7:52:19 AM
During a ceremony in Nashville on May 16, 2011, Sonny Rivera, M.D. was recognized as a national 2010 Frist Humanitarian Award winner. Dr. Rivera is the medical director of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. David’s Medical Center, and is credited with cofounding the Mothers’ Milk Bank at Austin (MMBA).
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5/16/2011 8:15:50 PM
In recognition of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center honored its nurses with various activities, including an awards ceremony and a “Nurses Week” proclamation from the City of Round Rock.
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5/16/2011 8:14:04 PM
In recognition of National Nurses Week, May 6-12, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital honored its nurses with various activities, including an awards ceremony, a “Nurses Week” proclamation from the City of Georgetown and a speaker forum about the diversity of nursing.
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5/9/2011 9:00:00 AM
Heart Hospital of Austin has become the first facility in Austin to use the next generation of cardiac imagining. With Live 3D Transesophageal Echo (TEE), physicians can see cardiac structure and function, as well as real-time displays of the beating heart, from new perspectives. This allows surgeons to more accurately perform corrective cardiac procedures.
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5/5/2011 8:35:55 PM
In May, St. David’s HealthCare will offer a series of seminars about stroke awareness, prevention and treatment in recognition of National Stroke Awareness Month.
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5/3/2011 2:45:37 PM
On Wednesday, May 4, 2011, nurses at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center will recognize National Nurses Week by wearing vintage white nursing caps and uniforms. In addition, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center will name its Registered Nurse (RN) and Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) of the year. Nurses will receive gifts of appreciation from the nursing administration staff during National Nurses Week.
National Nurses Week is celebrated each year in May—the month Florence Nightingale, the founder of nursing as a modern profession, was born. Traditionally, it is devoted to highlighting the diverse ways in which nurses, the largest health care profession, are working to improve health care.
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4/26/2011 4:58:07 PM
On Tuesday, April 19, St. David’s HealthCare recognized nearly 800 employees for their dedicated service at the company’s annual Service Awards Banquet held at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. Employees were honored for milestones in employment ranging from five years to 40 years.
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4/26/2011 7:31:40 AM
On Thursday, April 28, 2011, St. David’s Georgetown Hospital, in partnership with Williamson County EMS, Texans in Motion and the Georgetown Health Foundation, will host a Car Seat Safety Inspection to educate parents on the proper use of car seats for children and infants.
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4/20/2011 1:22:45 PM
NeuroTexas Institute at St. David’s HealthCare, renowned for its spine program, announced today that it has entered a new era in advanced patient care with the addition of the O-arm® Multidimensional Imaging System, which will be used to treat patients with spine conditions that require surgery.
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4/19/2011 2:07:55 PM
St. David’s HealthCare has recognized one employee, one physician and one volunteer as the healthcare system’s 2010 Frist Humanitarian Award recipients, putting the three Central Texans in the running for HCA’s national Frist Humanitarian Awards.
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4/19/2011 1:55:29 PM
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, in partnership with the Texas Organ Sharing Alliance (TOSA), will commemorate National Donate Life Month with a donor drive, featuring activities to raise awareness of the importance of organ donation and registration.
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4/14/2011 9:10:05 AM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced a multi-faceted green effort, including the development of a system-wide Sustainability Committee; membership in Practice Greenhealth, a leading group of healthcare organizations committed to eco-friendly practices; and participation in the development of the City of Austin’s Universal Recycling Ordinance.
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4/13/2011 9:00:00 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center’s SANE (Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner) Program was recently awarded the Innovative Program of the Year award by the Texas Association Against Sexual Assault (TAASA).
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4/12/2011 6:09:21 PM
The St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center Volunteers announced today $14,000 in Brian DeDecker Memorial Scholarships, which are awarded to individuals pursuing a degree in human health-related fields, including six graduating seniors from area high schools. The annual scholarships—named in honor and memory of Brian DeDecker, an emergency physician who died in 1998—will be presented at a reception on May 5, 2011 at St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center.
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4/11/2011 6:33:24 AM
On April 6, 2011, The Bariatric Center at St. David’s Medical Center became the first facility in Austin to perform flexible laparoscopic surgery using the SPIDER™ Surgical System—a new class of minimally invasive surgery—during lap band placement procedures. Lap band procedures involve placing a band around the upper portion of the stomach to limit food intake.
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4/1/2011 4:18:18 PM
Three St. David’s HealthCare hospitals have been ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings for Austin. St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center and St. David’s South Austin Medical Center were three of the top five hospitals included in the rankings.
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4/1/2011 4:14:48 PM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center has been ranked in U.S. News & World Report’s first-ever Best Hospitals metro area rankings for Austin. The hospital is the only one from Williamson County to be included in the rankings.
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3/31/2011 7:45:13 PM
On April 2, 2011, the NeuroTexas Institute Research Foundation, along with The University of Texas at Austin’s Institute for Neuroscience, will host the first annual Austin Translational Neuroscience Symposium. The symposium, which is designed for academic and medical researchers and students, will feature the latest advances in clinical and basic neuroscience research, and is designed to build collaborative relationships with researchers and clinicians from The University of Texas and St. David’s HealthCare.
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3/28/2011 12:00:00 AM
On March 25, 2011, St. David’s Medical Center was named one of the nation’s 100 Top Hospitals® by Thomson Reuters, a leading provider of information and solutions to improve the cost and quality of healthcare. The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved excellence in clinical outcomes, patient safety, patient satisfaction, financial performance and operational efficiency. This is the second consecutive year that St. David’s Medical Center has earned this recognition.
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3/24/2011 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced the establishment of Texas Institute for Robotic Surgery at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, which will feature the Robotic Institute University, the nation’s first educational epicenter teaching best practices for hospital and surgical teams involved in robotic-assisted surgery.
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3/22/2011 11:45:55 AM
On February 9, 2011, St. David’s Medical Center was selected as one of the hospital participants for the American Organization of Nurse Executives’ (AONE) newly created Center for Care Innovation and Transformation (CCIT) project. During this project, which is aimed at transforming patient care at the bedside, leaders and staff members on St. David’s Medical Center’s fifth floor medical/surgical unit will work to improve the care they provide and their work environment.
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3/11/2011 6:54:14 AM
On Wednesday, February 23, 2011, St. David’s South Austin Medical Center opened a new, state-of-the-art operating suite that provides surgeons with the world’s most advanced operating room technology.
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2/24/2011 9:00:00 AM
On February 24, 2011, St. David’s HealthCare hosted an interactive cardiac educational exhibit in the Capitol Rotunda in recognition of American Heart Month.
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2/22/2011 12:00:00 AM
In honor of American Heart Month, St. David’s North Austin Medical Center will host a heart symposium on Saturday, February 26, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This symposium is designed to educate the public about the detection, prevention and treatment mechanisms of heart disease, which is the No. 1 cause of death in America.
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2/17/2011 2:40:57 PM
On February 14, 2011, the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute (TCAI) at St. David’s Medical Center became the first facility in Texas, and the second in the United States, to implant the new Revo MRI™ SureScan® pacing system since it was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) earlier this month. The Revo MRI SureScan pacing system is the first and only pacemaker in the United States specifically designed for use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment under specified scanning conditions.
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2/16/2011 7:33:44 PM
St. David’s Medical Center today announced it has been named a Center of Excellence (COE) by OptumHealth Care Solutions (OptumHealth), one of the nation’s largest health and wellness companies. St. David’s Medical Center was recognized for its exceptional bariatric program.
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2/16/2011 3:26:32 PM
The Oakwood Surgery Center, located on the campus of St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center, will nearly double its size from 13,000 square feet to approximately 23,000 square feet with an expansion and relocation project expected to break ground in April 2011.
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2/16/2011 3:02:17 PM
On February 16, 2011, St. David’s HealthCare and Heart Hospital of Austin announced support for an Austin-based team of four women who will cycle 3,000 miles across America to raise awareness of heart disease, the number one killer of women. The group, known as Team Ride Red, is riding as part of the Race Across America (RAAM), one the most respected and longest-running endurance sports events in the world that serves as a platform for raising money for charitable causes.
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2/11/2011 2:52:00 PM
Jon M. Foster, who has served as St. David’s HealthCare president and CEO for the past 10 years, has been promoted to lead an $11-billion group of hospitals for HCA. As HCA group president, Foster will oversee operations encompassing 52,000 employees and 47 hospitals across all of Texas, Oklahoma and Colorado and in Wichita, Kansas.
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2/10/2011 12:44:55 PM
St. David’s South Austin Medical Center recently became the first hospital in Texas to use the da Vinci® Si™ Surgical System to perform an esophagectomy. An esophagectomy is a surgical procedure in which the diseased portion of the esophagus is removed, usually as a treatment for cancer of the esophagus. Once the esophagus is removed, the area is reconstructed utilizing another organ in the body, such as the stomach or large intestine.
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2/9/2011 5:05:43 PM
St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas, located on the campus of St. David’s North Austin Medical Center, recently announced Samuel T. Bauer, M.D., FACOG, as its new Medical Director of High-Risk Ultrasound and Fetal Testing.
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2/9/2011 3:34:14 PM
Heart Hospital of Austin has been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines'
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2/7/2011 5:14:52 PM
St. David’s HealthCare today announced the addition of William H. Rice, M.D., to its leadership team as senior vice president of clinical innovation. In this role, Rice’s primary focus will be on the innovative use of electronic health records in clinical settings across St. David’s HealthCare.
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2/7/2011 8:30:09 AM
St. David’s HealthCare’s Williamson County facilities were recently honored as recipients of the 5-Star Exemplary Award for birth registry. The award is given only to health care facilities that exceed the strict standards set by The Texas Department of Health.
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2/7/2011 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center is collaborating with local florist shops this month to deliver the gift of a healthier heart by helping women reduce their risk for heart disease through an initiative called “Women’s Hearts are Different.”
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2/2/2011 8:05:35 AM
After an extensive nationwide search, St. David’s Medical Center has named Rhonda Sageser director of its Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), noting her significant contributions to the success of the 65-bed NICU, the largest in Central Texas, and St. David’s Medical Center’s high-risk Obstetrical services.
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2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center today announced that it treated 736 trauma patients in 2010, more than any other hospital in Williamson County.
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1/21/2011 5:45:15 PM
On February 5, 2011, from 8 a.m. to noon, Heart Hospital of Austin and Championship Hearts Foundation will offer free heart screenings for students ages 14 through 18 years of age. The screening includes a 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) and a limited two-dimensional echocardiogram, or ultrasound of the heart, to detect Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM).
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1/20/2011 8:37:07 PM
Mark Clayton, senior vice president of St. David’s HealthCare, was recently named to the Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Clayton will serve a three-year term on the board, which provides direction and oversight for the 2,500-member, five-county business organization.
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