Innovation

University Medical Center of Southern Nevada will affiliate with the Nevada School of Medicine to become a teaching hospital under a plan approved by Clark County (Nev.) Commissioners, according to KTNV TV.

Michael Young, CEO of beleaguered Grady Hospital in Atlanta, said the hospital made money last year, cut length of stay from eight days to six and cut ED waiting time in half in 2009, according to an interview by WSB…

High-definition endoscopes and a new video processing system are helping gastroenterologists get a more accurate view during colonoscopies and upper-endoscopy procedures at Utah's Logan Regional Hospital, according to an article in the Cache Valley Daily.

Bob Carter, MD, PhD, has been named chief of the division of neurosurgery at the University of California San Diego Medical Center and Moores UCSD Cancer Center, according to a UCSD news release.

Hospitals feel compelled to buy the $1.7 million da Vinci robot surgery system to stay competitive, despite lack of clear evidence that it is superior to other surgery, according to a report by the Chattanooga Times Free Press.

A panel at the Cleveland Clinic selected 10 innovations from a list of 100 nominated by 60 doctors at the clinic. The winning innovations, elected last year, are ones that could have a direct patient benefit or enhance healthcare delivery…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have announced an initiative designed to accelerate the process from scientific breakthrough to the availability of new, innovative medical therapies for patients, according to an FDA news release.

To demonstrate the return on investment on evidence-based design elements, the Center for Health Design in 2004 imagined a hospital that would include key features of recently built or redesigned facilities. Numerous research studies have shown that these design elements…

The Wilmer Eye Institute of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Md., will collaborate in research, education and patient care with the King Khaled Eye Specialist Hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, according to a Johns Hopkins news release.

Foundation Surgical Hospital at San Antonio orthopedic surgeon Joel Nilsson's pioneering use of MAKOplasty partial knee resurfacing was featured in a report on San Antonio, Texas' KENS 5 News.