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Brattleboro Memorial Hospital in Vermont is offering a new, free Wellness PLUS Program for people at risk for heart and lung disease due to diabetes, high blood pressure, tobacco use, obesity and sedentary lifestyle.
When Daniel Eagle was told he had early-stage prostate cancer, the oncology care team at Loma Linda University Medical Center鈥揗urrieta was ready to provide the personalized care he needed.
You can call it the da Vinci XI robotic-assisted surgical system. Or, as its surgical team fans do, you can call it 鈥淢oose.鈥
A farm owned and operated by Community Hospital Anderson in Indiana recently completed a $2.5 million expansion that is expected to produce 30,000 pounds of produce per year to be shared with local food pantries to help address food insecurity across Madison County.
At LMH Health in Kansas, a new program is being used to supplement the initial assessment of a patient鈥檚 illness or injury after they鈥檙e examined by a human triage nurse.
As part of NICU Awareness Month and National Literacy Month, each baby鈥檚 family in the FirstHealth NICU was gifted a book and information on the importance of reading.
Wyoming鈥檚 Cheyenne Regional Medical Center has joined more than 2,700 hospitals, outpatient clinics and health systems nationwide as participants in the 鈥淎ge-Friendly Health Systems鈥 initiative.
Baptist Health recognizes the financial constraints that many patients face, and, in response, developed the Food Rx Program to provide nonperishable food items to patients who have an immediate need.
Abington Hospital, a member of Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health, has piloted a program that pairs bedside nurses with a 鈥渧irtual nurse鈥 who assists with routine administrative tasks, including discharge and answering patients鈥 questions.
A new pediatric heart clinic in Troy, Mich., opened by Children's Hospital of Michigan, is handling pre- and post-surgical appointments for area patients, relieving them from much longer commutes to Detroit.