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In mid-March 2024, surgeons from the transplant center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston successfully transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a 62-year old man with end-stage kidney disease.
The University of Kansas Health System has partnered with HURT!, a mobile application people can access afterhours to get free injury assessment from orthopedic specialists.
Banner Health has partnered with the clinical decision software company Regard to integrate algorithms and artificial intelligence to generate clinical decisions, documentation and facilitate clinician-to-clinician communications across its 33 acute care hospitals, which cover patients in six鈥
A Starbucks Caramel Ribbon Crunch Frappuccino. Games, puzzles, arts and crafts. The blessed relief of a backscratcher. These are among the small things that Penn Medicine patients say makes their long-term inpatient stays more pleasant and endurable.
Old technology 鈥 applied in new and novel ways 鈥 can still be a lifesaver.
When parents-to-be opt to deliver their baby at a birthing center, it鈥檚 often because they want more freedom to choose their birth experience 鈥 such as pain management options, comfort techniques, assisted deliveries or just a more homelike setting.
Newton Medical Center鈥檚 Alternative Responses to Reduce Instances of Violence and Escalation (ARRIVE) program is a pioneering initiative aimed at reshaping responses to mental health crises, reducing instances of violence and providing more compassionate and effective responses to mental health鈥
One year after the officially declared end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S., caregivers are patiently restoring the service capacities that the epidemic robbed from their communities.
Hackensack Meridian Health, New Jersey鈥檚 largest health network, is the nation鈥檚 first health system to receive a voluntary certification for sustainability from The Joint Commission.
Charlotte Hungerford Hospital, located in Torrington, Ct., and part of Hartford HealthCare, is continuously 鈥渆xpanding and tweaking鈥 its behavioral health offerings to ensure the people it serves in northwestern Connecticut communities get the care they need.