A surgeon from the Heart Hospital of Austin (Texas) at St. David’s Round Rock became the first in the U.S. to use a carotid artery stent outside of clinical trials. The device was used in July by the heart hospital’s…
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Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Los Robles Health System, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare, was among the top 10 sites for patient enrollment in a clinical trial aimed at assessing the safety and effectiveness of Abbott’s TriClip Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Repair…
Chapel Hill-based University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center has been awarded up to $28 million to develop an adaptive clinical trial targeting metastatic breast cancer. The trial is part of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health’s Advanced…
An NYC Health + Hospitals/Elmhurst (N.Y). team recently performed the system’s first stereotactic radiosurgery treatment using Varian’s TrueBeam linear accelerator. The hospital’s linear accelerator was funded by former Queens borough president Sharon Lee, according to a July 21 news release…
Providence Santa Rosa (Calif.) Memorial Hospital Foundation has received a $5 million gift from Norma Person to establish the Dr. John B. Reed Center for Cardiology. The center will be located within the Hansel Family Care Center and serve as…
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The American Heart Association has recognized 158 hospitals with a newly established “Commitment to Quality” award. The award honors hospitals that achieved silver level or higher in at least three of the AHA’s Get with the Guidelines programs for 2025,…
New Brunswick, N.J.-based Rutgers Cancer Institute has tapped Joseph Contessa, MD, PhD, to serve as chair of radiation oncology for the institute, as well as for the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. Dr.…
Cincinnati-based Christ Hospital Health Network has received a $15 million gift to expand services at its Heart & Vascular Institute. The system plans to build a new cardiac operating suite with broadcast capabilities, enabling “real-time surgical education to physicians locally…
According to the American Hospital Association, more than 40% of expenses hospitals incur come from administrative costs. This significant burden impacts providers and can even lead to delays in patient care. To address this issue and proactively get ahead on…
Boston-based Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston Children’s Hospital and Broad Clinical Labs have partnered to launch a research initiative aimed at developing and disseminating clinical molecular testing assays for pediatric cancers. Each member of the Boston Research in Innovative Genomics for…