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    Sutter Health - Eden Medical Center » News Room

  • Installing Our Spire: The Main Architectural Feature

    Cassandra Clark
    3 May 2012 | 12:45 pm
    By Julie Ruiz-Wibbelsmann Checking the webcam, you may notice the unusual metal arch lying on the ground in front of the construction site. This is only one section of the 125-foot spire made of 43,000 pounds of steel set to be installed on the new hospital by the end of May. “Our steel spire was [...]

  • Looking Ahead to A Smoke-Free Campus

    Cassandra Clark
    24 Feb 2011 | 8:11 pm
    Cassandra Clark, Project Communications Director We recently held an Open House for employees to learn more about the new hospital construction and explore the layout of the new facility and campus. It was at this event that many staff members learned for the first time that, when the new hospital opens in 2013, the campus [...]

  • It’s Never Too Early To Plan

    Cassandra Clark
    4 Feb 2011 | 12:03 pm
    Planning Is Underway for Transition to New Hospital by George Bischalaney, President & CEO, Eden Medical Center Although we are still nearly two years away from moving into the new hospital, teams of employees and physicians have already started planning for the transition to the new building. We call the move a “transition” rather than [...]

  • What’s In A Name?

    Cassandra Clark
    22 Nov 2010 | 11:55 am
    Straight Talk from the CEO By George Bischalaney, President & CEO, Eden Medical Center Since the early stages of planning to replace Eden Medical Center, there’s been a lingering question on people’s minds: what name will the new hospital carry? All of the initial planning and building documents have used the name Sutter Medical Center [...]

  • Parking Garage Entrance Closed

    Cassandra Clark
    1 Sep 2010 | 6:36 pm
    Traffic Alert! The Lake Chabot Road entrance to the hospital’s parking garage was closed today to accommodate work on the underground utilities. Workers began early this morning to remove the driveway and dig the trench to reach the work areas. The access to and from Lake Chabot Road from this site will remain closed the [...]
 
 
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    UW Health News Feed

  • Don't Let Poison Hazards Ruin Your Fun in the Sun

    12 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    MADISON - From sunscreen to snakebites, from poison ivy to pesticides, and from mosquitos to wild mushrooms, common summer poison hazards can cause fun in the sun to take a dangerous turn. When people spend more time outdoors, there are simply m...

  • Poison Primer: UW Health Children's Program Tackles Household Dangers

    12 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    MADISON - Amid the colorful bustle of a classroom full of fidgeting children, finger paintings of rainbows, and construction paper frogs dangling from the ceiling, 5-year-old Elizabeth is thinking hard about what to do with the picture of red pills s...

  • Tips for Managing Your Seasonal Allergies

    11 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Madison, Wisconsin - For the more than 35 million Americans who have allergies it sometimes seems as if there are only two seasons – allergy season and winter (unless you have allergies to dust and mold and then it’s just all year long).&...

  • Finding and Keeping Your Motivation

    9 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Madison, Wisconsin - Whether it's losing weight, taking control of our finances, or even pledging to eat more vegetables, often our best intentions go the way of New Year's Resolutions – after a few unsuccessful days, they're given up with a sm...

  • Tragic Theater: Alcohol, Drugs and Driving at Middleton High School

    7 May 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Middleton, Wisconsin - Lori Zander wants Middleton High School students to remember an evening she can never forget. "On September 27, 2009, I got a phone call no parent wants to get," she said while addressing the sophomore class at Middleton H...
 
 
 
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    UC Health News

  • UC to Participate in National Trial Studying Blood Transfusion Ratios for Trauma Patients

    14 May 2012 | 9:30 am
    Researchers from the University of Cincinnati's trauma and critical care division, along with the departments of emergency medicine, anesthesiology and pathology and laboratory medicine, will soon participate in a national clinical trial to determine the best ratio of blood products for trauma patients requiring massive transfusions.

  • Patient Regains Use of Arm, Thanks to UC Health Surgeon

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    In an instant, Josh Williams--just 21 at the time--saw his future disappear. Williams was prepping materials for his work at a glass fabricating company when a raw piece of plate glass--unseen by Williams--came crashing down on his left shoulder, severing the nerves responsible for muscle control in his shoulder, arm, elbow and hand and nearly severing his left ear.

  • Conference Will Enhance Insight Into Cerebrovascular Disease

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Cincinnati's reputation as a major hub for stroke research will be highlighted next week when it hosts the Princeton Conference on Cerebrovascular Disease, the premier and oldest academic stroke and cerebrovascular disease conference in the world.

  • Focus on the Academic Health Center Campus With Dick Beuke

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Three things you can count on: death, taxes and the UC shuttle service. Dick Beuke drives the Main Street/Eden Avenue route, which puts him in front of Eden Garage several times an hour five days a week, 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. He took time to answer our questions.

  • Woollett Awarded Grant to Study Relationship Between Maternal Cholesterol and Fetal Growth

    10 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    Laura Woollett, PhD, professor in the UC Department of Pathology, has been awarded a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, for a study of maternal cholesterol and its connection to fetal growth.
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    News from Scott & White Healthcare

  • New building coming for Bone and Joint Institute at Scott & White

    Scott Clark
    10 May 2012 | 4:45 pm
    A new facility to house the Bone and Joint Institute is starting construction on the main campus of Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas. More than just orthopaedics, the new institute building will be a home for an array of associated clinical care and therapies in addition to orthopaedic surgery. Pulling together this large menu of care in one location distinguishes this institute over any other in the state. The facility has been a long-held dream for Dr. Robert Probe, chairman of the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Scott & White. A formal groundbreaking ceremony on May…

  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple Heart Transplant Program Earns CMS Recognition

    Katherine Voss
    1 May 2012 | 2:11 pm
    The heart transplant program at Scott & White Memorial Hospital–Temple reached a major milestone receiving certification from the Center for Medicare Services (CMS). CMS issued the formal certification after conducting an onsite quality review of Scott & White’s program in January, in which procedures, care, standards and outcomes were evaluated. In addition to meeting CMS’s quality standards, the certification allows Scott & White to receive Medicare reimbursement for heart transplants. For more information, see full press release.

  • Scott & White to open hospital on Hurd Regional Medical Center Campus in 2014

    Scott & White Staff
    26 Apr 2012 | 2:39 pm
    Scott & White Healthcare today announced plans to open the hospital bed tower on the Wayne and Eileen Hurd Regional Medical Center Campus by the end of 2014, sooner than recently projected. “We are pleased that we are able to move forward with the first phase of the hospital bed tower ahead of schedule by almost two years,” said Scott & White President and CEO Robert W. Pryor, M.D. “The accelerated timetable reflects progress on construction to date and responsiveness to community demand for our acute care hospital.” The campus is near the intersection of U.S. 281 and Texas…

  • Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple Named one of the Nation’s 100 Top Hospitals

    Katherine Voss
    17 Apr 2012 | 4:18 pm
    Scott & White Memorial Hospital – Temple has been ranked for the eighth time as one of the Top 100 Hospitals by one of the nation’s key health care rating groups with the announcement from Michigan-based Thomson Reuters. Scott & White was one of just three hospitals in the state of Texas to be in the “Major Teaching Hospitals” category of the 2012 Thomson Reuters’ 100 Top Hospitals®. The list has been posted on the Modern Healthcare website www.modernhealthcare.com

  • Construction progresses, leadership team finalized at new Scott & White Hospital – College Station

    Scott & White Staff
    3 Apr 2012 | 10:39 am
    COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Scott  & White Healthcare continues to prepare for the opening of its new hospital, while looking to its local leadership team to continue a tradition of high quality care and service excellence in the region. The second phase of “mock room” construction for the new Scott & White Hospital – College Station is underway. Staff members are getting a sneak peek at full-size replicas of the intensive care unit (ICU), emergency department and operating rooms. Caregivers who work in these areas, including nurses, physicians, technicians and other…
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    News Releases from Scott & White Healthcare

  • Scott & White named lead sponsor of BCS Marathon

    2 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    The BCS Marathon has named Scott & White Healthcare the presenting sponsor of the 2012 run in support of community wellness and children's charities. Event organizers also announced the launch of the Scott & White Health Plan Kids' Marathon, a one-mile run on Saturday, December 8.

  • Temple heart transplant program earns CMS recognition

    1 May 2012 | 12:00 am
    The heart transplant program at Scott & White Memorial Hospital Temple reached a major milestone recently when it received certification from the Center for Medicare Services (CMS).

  • Temple hospital named one of Nation's 100 Top

    17 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am
    Scott & White Memorial Hospital - Temple has been ranked for the eighth time as one of the Top 100 Hospitals by one of the nation's key health care rating groups with the announcement from Michigan-based Thomson Reuters.

  • New procedure suite opens at children's hospital

    16 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am
    McLane Children s Hospital Scott & White has completed construction on a three-room procedure suite. The $1.2 million facility is located on the second floor of the hospital and is for medical procedures that do not require the complements of a full operating room.

  • Round Rock hospital expansion completed

    9 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am
    Scott & White Healthcare Round Rock has completed its 58,000-square-foot hospital expansion at 300 University Boulevard.
 
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    Becker's Hospital Review

  • California's Budget Proposal Cuts Roughly $280M From Hospitals

    16 May 2012 | 11:53 am
    California Gov. Jerry Brown released an updated state budget proposal (pdf) — California currently faces a $15.7 billion deficit for 2012-2013, up from its earlier estimate of $9.2 billion — and hospitals face roughly $280 million in cuts from Medi-Cal and other funding sources.

  • Physician Pay Accounts for 8.6% of Total Healthcare Expenses

    16 May 2012 | 11:46 am
    Physician compensation accounted for 8.6 percent of total healthcare costs in the United States in 2011 — or $216 billion of the $2.5 trillion spent on healthcare, according to data from the Overseas Employment Development Board and a survey from healthcare staffing firm Jackson Healthcare.

  • Unable to Find a Partner, Scott County Hospital in Tennessee to Close Next Week

    16 May 2012 | 11:21 am
    Scott County Hospital in Oneida, Tenn., is slated to close next week since local officials declined a 60-day lease extension with Naples, Fla.-based Health Management Associates, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.

  • Law Firm to Pay $6M Settlement Over Faulty Bert Fish Medical Center Merger

    16 May 2012 | 11:13 am
    Southeast Volusia Hospital District and Bert Fish Medical Center in New Smyrna Beach, Fla., have reached a settlement with the law firm it accused of giving faulty legal advice during a merger with Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based Adventist Health System, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report.

  • Minnesota SEIU Workers Vote to Strike at 8 Hospitals

    16 May 2012 | 11:06 am
    Approximately 3,500 members of the Service Employees International Union Healthcare Minnesota voted to authorize a two- to five-day strike at eight hospitals in the Twin Cities metro area, according to a Star Tribune report.
 
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