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Austin Medical Professionals Give New “Smiles” to Nicaraguans
A team of more than 25 central Texas medical professionals and other volunteers performed 29 surgical procedures that included cleft lip and palate repair and reconstructive surgery for burn victims, during a weeklong medical mission to the central highlands of Nicaragua.
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CEO of San Antonio Urology Group Steps Down
The long-serving president and CEO of Urology San Antonio has stepped down as the leader of the 29-doctor group. Dr. Juan A. Reyna will continue to work as a urologist at the medical practice. Under Reyna’s tenure, Urology San Antonio grew to become one of the largest urologic medical practices in the United States.
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Austin Medical School Officially Supported by Unviversity of Texas Regents
A resolution that dedicates $30 million annually to support the launch, operation and staffing of a medical school in Austin has been passed by the University of Texas System Board of Regents. The resolution additionally commits $25 million beyond that time period.
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Infusion Pain Pump Being Used by Texas Children’s Hospital
Controlling the pain of a patient has always been a principal goal of healthcare providers. The ambIT Pain Pump system allow Texas Children’s Hospital anesthesiologists to directly target where medication is needed.
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Seton’s Parent To Partner with India’s Narayana to build Offshore “Health City” in Cayman Islands
More than 500 years after Christopher Columbus discovered the Cayman Islands in 1503, Ascension Health Alliance, the nation’s largest Catholic and nonprofit health system and the parent of Austin’s Seton Healthcare Family, has discovered the islands as a perfect place to bring innovative health care.
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Seton and Kohl’s Team Up for Dell Children Booster Seat Program
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, children using booster seats are 59 percent less likely to be injured in a crash than those using a seat belt alone.
Shattered Glass and Dreams in Mock Student Accident Exercise
Broken glass and broken dreams filled Steck Ave as it intersected with Mesa Drive in North Austin. Death was everywhere – literally walking the streets followed by a number of zombies. Austin Police, Fire and EMS team up with Dell Children’s Hospital and Anderson High School to save student lives by showing consequences of drinking and driving.
Seton Medical Center Harker Heights ER Partner Chosen
An Austin-based emergency physician partnership expects to hire seven physicians making emergency care more accessible to Harker Heights residents. Emergency Service Partners, L.P. (ESP) has been selected to staff the emergency department at the new Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, scheduled to open in June.
Health News Texas
14 Texas Hospitals on Thomson Reuters Top 100 Hospitals Award Winners
An annual study identifying the 100 top U.S. hospitals based on overall organizational performance includes Texas hospitals from Dallas, Houston, Austin, Amarillo, Sugar Land, Waxahachie …
167 Texas Hospitals Recognized for Raising Quality of Care
Memorial Hermann Hospital System of Houston and Methodist Hospital of San Antonio sat a the top of the TMF Health Quality Institute Health Care Quality …
National Health News
Health Insurers Move Ahead, With Or Without Individual Mandate
For the health policy world, the Supreme Court’s tough questioning of the individual mandate last week was a seismic event.
Medicare Now Covers Annual Screening For Depression
Many people assume that as health problems multiply and loved ones die, it’s inevitable that the elderly become depressed. Not true, say experts. Older people …
Patient Care
Quick Response Code-Enabled Patient Safety Education Program Launched
Medical errors and mistakes in delivery of care harm or kill patients while costing hospitals billions each year. “Learn How to Be Safe While …
New Book Offers Checklists To Help Hospital Patients
As anyone who has been a patient or a visitor at a hospital knows, they’re often confusing, chaotic places. By the time you learn the …
21st Century Health
Mobile to Play a Significant Role in Healthcare According to GSMA Research
Mobile technology will play a significant role in the provision of healthcare services globally the growth of the mHealth market will lead to a revenue …
HHS Unveils Requirements For Consumer
The Obama administration has unveiled final regulations detailing the new health insurance summaries that the federal health law requires plans to give to consumers to …
Research & Education
Simmons Family Foundation Grants Awards to Texas Children’s Hospital
The Virginia and L.E. Simmons Family Foundation has awarded more than $600,000 to support of the Collaborative Research Fund providing funding for heart, cancer and …
Effort To Pay Hospitals Based On Quality Didn’t Cut Death Rates, Study Finds
Medicare’s largest effort to pay hospitals based on how they perform — an inspiration for key parts of the health care law — did not …
Healthcare Politics
Vigorous Questions On Severability, Medicaid On Final Day
The justices heard from the opposing lawyers about issues as basic as ‘what is liberty?’ and whether it’s better to ‘fix’ flaws in legislation or …
Justices Grill Obama Administration On Health Law Share Email: Day 2
KHN contributor Stuart Taylor, Jr., tells Jackie Judd the conservative justices were especially skeptical today, asking sometimes-hostile questions of Solicitor General Donald Verrilli.
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