[ August 28, 2010; 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm. ] Organizers will giveaway free backpacks to the first 200 students to participate in the clinic.
The new arrangement will go into effect September 1st, when the Stevens will officially be renamed Swedish/Edmonds.
Despite differing opinions on health-care reform, there is general consensus on at least one critical issue: most everyone agrees it’s time for the country to get serious about electronic health records.
A specialist in facial plastic surgery will join Swedish Otolaryngology Specialists. Six new doctors will join the Swedish Neuroscience Institute.
Chronic pain is common and becomes more so as we grow older. In fact, after the age of 60, one in three people lives with chronic pain.
Although multiple sclerosis remains incurable, there are more than a half dozen drugs now available that have been shown to be able to slow progression of the disease and scores of new drugs are in clinical trials.
But many people who have headaches, especially those who have recurrent headaches severe enough to interfere with work and other activities, may in fact have migraines and not know it.
Swedish Community Health is a pilot program, built on a model called the patient-centered medical home. The focus is on wellness, disease prevention and day-to-day management of chronic illnesses.
Surgeons at Swedish have performed more than 2,000 robotic-assisted procedures, more than any other surgical robotics program in the Pacific Northwest.
Researchers at Swedish Medical Center hope to develop “individualized” treatments for patients with brain cancer that will be more effective than standard approaches.
Swedish to open Center for Hearing and Skull Base Surgery for the treatment of hearing loss, ear disease and skull base tumors.
To staff the new $3.7 facility Swedish will be hiring 25 new employees.
Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center is “Twittering” a robotic-assisted surgery, describing the case step-by-step.
The report looks at bloodstream infections from central lines and ventilator-associated pneumonias.
The death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from glioblastoma has called attention to the challenge of developing better treatment for brain cancers. Below is column by Dr. Greg Foltz on brain cancer research that LocalHealthGuide published last May to call attention to the Annual Seattle Brain Cancer Walk to raise funds for brain cancer research..
By Julie Appleby
SEATTLE — Atop a hill here, three of Washington state’s pre-eminent hospital systems sit within blocks of each other, equipped with state-of-the-art electronic medical record systems that track test results, send warnings about dangerous drug interactions and provide medical histories.
But a patient crossing the street from one hospital to another would be wise [...]
The concept of a “medical home”—a clinic where you are followed by a team of primary care providers who know you and can coordinate your care—is getting more attention these days. (See NPR’s story on Swedish Medical Center’s “medical home” program in Ballard below.)
Here Dr. Carolyn Clancy, director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare [...]
Seattle’s KPLU reporter Keith Seinfeld has a story on NPR this week about Swedish Hospital’s new “medical home” clinic in Ballard.
LocalHealthGuide’s story from March is below.
By Keith Seinfeld, NPR News
August 7, 2009
This story comes from KHN partner NPR
When President Obama and other Democrats talk about changing the health care system, one phrase that comes up [...]
The idea behind the medical-home model is to create a primary-care team that provides continuous, coordinated care to patients at one location.
Gilda’s Club Seattle will host three talks next month. All talks are free and open to the public.
Talk with the Expert: Advanced Ovarian Cancer Treatment Options—Sept. 10th.
Talk with the Expert: Lung Cancer—Sept. 17th.
Keeping Healthy After Cancer—Sept. 24th.
9/10/09 Free Discussion: Talk with the Expert: Advanced Ovarian Cancer Treatment Options
Join us for Talk with the Expert; an opportunity [...]
Money and medicine
KUOW looks at the salaries of Seattle’s top docs and charity care Washington non-profit hospitals give
John Ryan, a reporter for Seattle’s Public Radio affiliate KUOW, looked at how much Seattle-area hospitals, most of which enjoy the tax benefits of non-profit status, pay their top officials and how much charity care they provide.
Salaries, Ryan [...]
While there has been great progress in the fight against many common cancers, progress against brain cancers, some of the deadliest cancers known, has been agonizingly slow.
Over the past 25 years, for example, only three new drug have been approved for the treatment of brain cancers, and survival rates remain essentially the same as they [...]
Surveys show that most of us think everybody deserves safe and effective healthcare.
But the same surveys show that most of us don’t realize that that patients from certain racial and ethnic minorities often receive much lower quality care than most Americans.
In her column this month, Dr. Lori Whittaker, a family physician and a consultant with [...]
Swedish Medical Center has opened a new 27-room pediatric specialty care unit in its First Hill facility.
All but one of the rooms will be private. One double room will be used for twins or siblings.
Each room has a built-in daybed for parents who which to stay overnight.
Every room will have advanced cardiac, respiratory and oxygen-saturation [...]
The idea is to create a primary-care team that provides coordinated care to patients at one location so that patients do not need to scurry from doctor to doctor.
[ April 14, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Making Your Wishes Known – The ABC’s of Estate and Legacy Planning
Have you documented your wishes? Do you wonder where to even begin? Come learn from a legal professional the basics of wills, beneficiary designations, powers-of-attorney, community property agreements, estate tax planning, and charitable giving.
Registration required: 206-386-2502 or online.
Where:
Swedish Ballard Campus
Conference Room BC
5300 [...]
[ May 12, 2009; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Life on Your Terms – Communicating Your Wishes to Your Family and Physician
What kind of health care do you want to receive if you become ill or injured? Health care decisions are for everyone, whether you’re 18 or 100, healthy or currently undergoing medical treatment. Come learn about health care directives and communicating your wishes [...]
Study found that formal swimming lessons can reduce a young child’s risk of drowning by 88 percent.
[ January 29, 2009; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ]
Free Lecture: Chemo Brain Uncovered
Join Wendy France, R.N., to discover the mysteries and realities of chemo brain, including its cause, symptoms and what you can do to manage it. A collaboration with the Swedish Cancer Institute.
Free and open to the public.
Please RSVP to attend: 206-709-1400.
Where:
Gilda’s Club Seattle, 1400 Broadway, Seattle
When:
January 29, Thursday. [...]
The Web site Network World has a profile of Seattle’s Swedish Medical Center’s new $3.8 million wireless network that allows its staff to access patients’ electronic medical records wirelessly via 600 workstations, 400 laptops and 200 tablet PCs.
“The key benefit of the new setup is the mobility of information,” says Steve Horsley, IT director at Swedish, [...]
Invisible Families: The homeless you don't see
They squeeze in with relatives, couch surf with friends or camp out in cars. More families are quietly becoming homeless, driven to the edge by a lack of jobs and affordable housing. The Seattle Times and its local news partners tackle the topic together. Project home
E-Health Records: Seattle is ahead of the curve
Health News from the Seattle Times
