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Study: Leave Robotic Prostatectomy in the Hands of Experts

By now most of us know about the daVinci robot that is used for prostate surgeries and this new study suggests that it may not be advisable for every smaller community hospital to perform the procedure but rather rely on the high volume centers of excellence...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2011 7:00 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, Cancer, Doctors, robotic surgery DaVinci, experts, Prostatectomy
Patients At This Hospital Are Allowed to Have Alcohol Brought In As Long As It Does Not Interfere With Medications And/or Treatments

The hospital says it has not made this a marketing point but patients with doctors who say it ok can have a drink or two a day. Of course this doesn’t mean bottles but this hospital is doing a lot of orthopedic procedures so the conditions and surgeries...

Published Mon, Oct 10 2010 2:51 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Alcohol, Rehab, drinks
Patient’s Own Stem Cells Gives Her Relief to Help Heal Faster And The the Ability To Walk Pain Free After Back Surgery

The device used here looks like the Cytori machine that I have covered before here that cleans and harvests stem cells. GE Healthcare to Commercialize Cytori Therapeutics Stem Cell Technology – Regenerative Medicine Her quality of life has improved and...

Published Tue, Sep 09 2010 6:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, back pain, Stem Cells, Back Surgery, Neurology, healing, harvesting cells
Johns Hopkins Hospital Shooting–Doctor Expected to Survive–Hospital has Over 80 Entrances to Police

We hear about more incidents as such as hospitals today and with 80 entrances someone got by with a gun as security police do check for this but can’t get everyone or have metal detectors at every door. From what is stated here the fact that his...

Published Fri, Sep 09 2010 4:13 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, Security, Patient, doctor, Johns Hopkins, Stress, shooting, vilence
Hoag Hospital Irvine Opens–New State of the Art Facility

This is the old Irvine Regional Hospital once owned by Tenet that closed down in January of 2009, basically due to the fact that the new Kaiser Permanente facility opened one exit down the freeway and that’s where the patients went. When the Irvine...

Published Mon, Aug 08 2010 9:20 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, My Commentaries, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Kaiser, Orange County, Hoag Hospital, Irvine, emergency department
Patient Rolls Off Operating Table During Routine Surgery – Family Filing Lawsuit For Wrongful Death

The family is suing and the amount is not known. The Velcro straps that held the patient to the operating table evidently gave way and the patient fell to the floor. The accident happened in St. Paul at St. Joseph’s hospital. The family...

Published Thu, Jul 07 2010 11:38 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, Lawsuit, Safety, St. Josephs Hospital, Minnesota, wrongful death
Hospitals in Haiti Closing Due to Lack of Money – Partners From Boston Building New Hospital To Open At End of Next Year

6 months after the earthquake and a revisit and now the facilities are there and not enough doctors and staff, running out of money. A new hospital is being built in Haiti from Partners of Boston, but will there be enough money to run it I guess...

Published Tue, Jul 07 2010 3:49 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Money, funds, public hospitals, Haiti, earthquake, private hospitals
Heart Pressure Monitoring Reducing Trips to the Hospital – Device Implanted During Stent Surgery – Patient Waves a Magic Wand Over The Location and Sends the Data

The official name of the product is the EndoSure Wireless AAA Pressure Management System from Cardiomems and it doesn’t require a battery. The radiofrequency from the “magic wand” does the power portion. It is currently in clinical trials...

Published Tue, Jun 06 2010 9:26 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, Cardiology, clinical trials, Stent, Heart Failure, Implants, devcies that report data, Ohio State University, aortic aneurysm
St. Joseph Hospital In Orange, CA Opens 3-D Operating Room – The “ C Claw” For Imaging

Not too long ago New York Presbyterian Hospital made a substantial investment with the Artis Zeego system with 5 of them. The link below has a video and some additional information. Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display...

Published Tue, May 05 2010 9:45 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Cardiology, Imaging, Siemens, minimally invasive procedures, catheter, interventional cardiologist, 3 dimensional imaging, medical records DOD, operating table, Artis Zeego, bypass surgery, Josephs Hospitals, St
Not Being Able to Afford The Surgery – This Man Went to Wales With Family Assistance

In viewing the video, Mr. Davies appears to have an English accent so it seems he was from the British Isles originally so for him to travel back to where things are familiar are not as stressful as going to a country where you don’t know anyone. ...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2010 9:22 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, surgeon, CNN, Wales, medical toursim
More Discussion Continues Relating to Mexico Healthcare Tourism – San Diego

This is an item certainly worth paying attention too as Mexico is vying to attract some of the revenue for American healthcare in Mexico and just like real estate, it’s about location to the US. HealthNet has one program already in place, even though...

Published Thu, Apr 04 2010 1:58 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, health insurance, Medical Tourism, Politics, healthcare reform, Mexico, dental work
Mexico President is Motivated With US Healthcare Reform to Attract Residents and Medical Tourism With Joint Commission Accredited Hospitals

Hospitals pay to be accredited and the Joint Commission was initially established to ensure safety and good clinical habits and adherence in the US, however, this over the last few years has changed to where they now accredit hospitals outside the US...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2010 3:21 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Insurance, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, health insurance, Medical Tourism, Politics, healthcare reform, Mexico, dental work
Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display Configurator – New York Presbyterian Hospital

This is fascinating to watch how the imaging works right in the OR. Cross sectional images are no problem. The video states they have two units, but the updated article here states they have 3 more of the Siemens Artis Zeego units. ...

Published Mon, Apr 04 2010 1:21 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Technology, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, EHR, Health IT, Radiology, Cardiology, Imaging, Siemens, minimally invasive procedures, catheter, interventional cardiologist, 3 dimensional imaging, medical records DOD, operating table, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Artis Zeego, bypass surgery
FDA Recalls Synthes Vertebral Implant and Issues 2 Warnings to Other Companies And Still No System To Intellectually Handle the Process

Ok I’m going to take the opportunity to once more mention how recalls could be handled. Hospitals have registries of products but sometimes things can and do get missed, and people die being implanted with devices that were not pulled and used by...

Published Thu, Feb 02 2010 12:52 AM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Pharma/FDA News, Hospital, Surgery, healthcare, Medical Devices, FDA, Scanning, recall, Synthes, spine injuries, Microsoft Tag, Bar Codes
Arkansas Children’s Hospital – A Group of First Year Residents – A Very Stressful and Demanding Job

If you happened to miss the show last week, it’s embedded here from Dateline’s show. I watched it myself and they show some real life situations and have frank discussions with the interns, the long hours, the lack of much of social life. If you...

Published Wed, Feb 02 2010 11:46 PM by The Medical Quack

Filed under: Medically Related, Other Items of Interest, Hospital, Surgery, Pediatrics, Heatlhcare, Stress, emergencies, Dateline, interns, Arkansas Children's Hospital

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Study: Leave Robotic Prostatectomy in the Hands of Experts

Patients At This Hospital Are Allowed to Have Alcohol Brought In As Long As It Does Not Interfere With Medications And/or Treatments

Patient’s Own Stem Cells Gives Her Relief to Help Heal Faster And The the Ability To Walk Pain Free After Back Surgery

Johns Hopkins Hospital Shooting–Doctor Expected to Survive–Hospital has Over 80 Entrances to Police

Hoag Hospital Irvine Opens–New State of the Art Facility

Patient Rolls Off Operating Table During Routine Surgery – Family Filing Lawsuit For Wrongful Death

Hospitals in Haiti Closing Due to Lack of Money – Partners From Boston Building New Hospital To Open At End of Next Year

Heart Pressure Monitoring Reducing Trips to the Hospital – Device Implanted During Stent Surgery – Patient Waves a Magic Wand Over The Location and Sends the Data

St. Joseph Hospital In Orange, CA Opens 3-D Operating Room – The “ C Claw” For Imaging

Not Being Able to Afford The Surgery – This Man Went to Wales With Family Assistance

More Discussion Continues Relating to Mexico Healthcare Tourism – San Diego

Mexico President is Motivated With US Healthcare Reform to Attract Residents and Medical Tourism With Joint Commission Accredited Hospitals

Operating Room Imaging With 3D, Mobility And One Big Large Display Configurator – New York Presbyterian Hospital

FDA Recalls Synthes Vertebral Implant and Issues 2 Warnings to Other Companies And Still No System To Intellectually Handle the Process

Arkansas Children’s Hospital – A Group of First Year Residents – A Very Stressful and Demanding Job