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Having expertise in patient education management is no longer enough to do well in the field. Having well-developed management and health care leadership skills has become increasingly important.
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When health care providers refer parents or caregivers of pediatric patients to the learning center at The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia to be taught nasogastric (NG) tube insertion, they can be sure that the education is thorough.
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Patient safety is a concern at all health care facilities. However, the issues at a medical clinic are not the same as at an acute care hospital, and neither institution mirrors the concerns of a rehabilitation center.
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Boston Scientific (Natick, Massachusetts) received premarket approval from the FDA last month for its EPT-1000 XP Cardiac Ablation System for the treatment of atrial flutter. Successful ablation procedures occur when a linear lesion is created across the tricuspid isthmus.
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The FDA Circulatory System Devices advisory panel early this month grappled with the question of whether a laser alone was as effective in treating patients with blocked arteries as balloon angioplasty and overwhelmingly voted 9-1 against recommending approval of the new indication for Spectranetics (Colorado Springs, Colorado) CVX-300 excimer laser system.
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Philips Electronics (Andover, Massachusetts) last month reported the launch of its HeartStart MRx, a monitor/defibrillator offering a broad range of features and capabilities designed to meet the needs of those providing basic defibrillation, with a panoply of additional features also intended for use by advanced cardiac life support-trained caregivers in the emergency medical services and hospital environments.
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Two companies reported progress in mid-September toward their goal of FDA approval for a cryotherapeutic treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent form of cardiac arrhythmia in the world.
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WASHINGTON Although drug-eluting stents clearly captured the limelight at this years Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) symposium held here last month, the wide breadth of other topics in the world of interventional medicine provided numerous other important developments.