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Volume 12 - Issue 3 - March, 2004

The Ten-Minute Interview with...Monica Simpson, RN, MSN, CCRN, CCNS
06/19/2008
Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke, Pines, Florida
Memorial Hospital West, Pembroke, Pin...
I have been a nurse for 20 years, with 18 years in coronary critical care. I have had many roles in these years, including staff, manager, director, and CNS. Out of all the places I have worked, I have most enjoyed the cath lab. Why did you...
I have been a nurse for 20 years, with 18 years in coronary critical care. I have had many roles in these years, including staff, manager, director, and CNS. Out of all the places I have worked, I have most enjoyed the cath lab. Why did you...
I have been a nurse for 20...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
Correction
06/19/2008
Correction: The following abstract is from page 13 of the Cath Lab Digest February 2003 Supplement A, Opening New Channels: The Revascularization of Vessels with Chronic Total Occlusions. The conclusion was inadvertently omitted from the...
Correction: The following abstract is from page 13 of the Cath Lab Digest February 2003 Supplement A, Opening New Channels: The Revascularization of Vessels with Chronic Total Occlusions. The conclusion was inadvertently omitted from the...
Correction: The following...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Infographic
Mar-04
06/19/2008
Guildford Pharmaceuticals Launches U.S. Marketing Program for Aggrastat® Injection Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it has launched marketing efforts for Aggrastat® Injection (tirofiban hydrochloride) in the United States....
Guildford Pharmaceuticals Launches U.S. Marketing Program for Aggrastat® Injection Guilford Pharmaceuticals Inc. announced that it has launched marketing efforts for Aggrastat® Injection (tirofiban hydrochloride) in the United States....
Guildford Pharmaceuticals...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Improved Efficiency in Acute Myocardial Infarction Care Through Commitment to Emergency Department Initiated Primary PCI
06/19/2008
Jackson L. Thatcher, MD; Theresa A. Gilseth, RN; Susan Adlis, MS
This article is reprinted with permission from the Journal of Invasive Cardiology: J INVAS CARDIOL 2003;15:693-698 From the Primary Angioplasty versus Thrombolysis in a Community Hospital (PATCH) Study, Acute Myocardial Infarction Care...
This article is reprinted with permission from the Journal of Invasive Cardiology: J INVAS CARDIOL 2003;15:693-698 From the Primary Angioplasty versus Thrombolysis in a Community Hospital (PATCH) Study, Acute Myocardial Infarction Care...
This article is reprinted with...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Quicker Results, Improved Communication, Better Care: The Impact of Cath Lab Integration at the University of Washington Medi
06/19/2008
Rene DeVine
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory The UW...
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory The UW...
Examining how the use of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
So You Want to be a Medical Mercenary?
06/19/2008
Jason Money, RN, RCIS
The call of the road is whispering to you. Visions of adventure and riches flash before you while you stare at the same old monitor you have now been looking at for years. The life you dream of does exist, but, my friends, the road is as...
The call of the road is whispering to you. Visions of adventure and riches flash before you while you stare at the same old monitor you have now been looking at for years. The life you dream of does exist, but, my friends, the road is as...
The call of the road is...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Streamlining Processes and Improving Healthcare Services in the Cardiology Section of MetroHealth Medical Center with Medcon`s
06/19/2008
Gisela Nehring
Over the past several years, MetroHealth Heart & Vascular Center has undertaken numerous steps to streamline its operations. Today, the facility prides itself on being a leader in adopting new technologies. The following article describes the...
Over the past several years, MetroHealth Heart & Vascular Center has undertaken numerous steps to streamline its operations. Today, the facility prides itself on being a leader in adopting new technologies. The following article describes the...
Over the past several years,...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Detecting Unstable Lesions in High-risk Patients: The Single-use, IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) Catheter
06/19/2008
Eyal Kolka
What is the IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) catheter? We have all heard about the wonderful things that can be done with MRIs in cardiology. The problem is that these scanners are bulky and expensive, and it is very hard to imagine cath labs...
What is the IntraVascular MRI (IVMRI) catheter? We have all heard about the wonderful things that can be done with MRIs in cardiology. The problem is that these scanners are bulky and expensive, and it is very hard to imagine cath labs...
What is the IntraVascular MRI...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Letter from the Editor
The small print: Sometimes taken for granted, but still important
06/19/2008
Rebecca Kapur (Yospyn)
In order to decide how best to interpret presented information, we need to be able to place it within a context. Cath Lab Digest works hard to provide readers with the facts, and part of that effort includes publishing author disclosure data...
In order to decide how best to interpret presented information, we need to be able to place it within a context. Cath Lab Digest works hard to provide readers with the facts, and part of that effort includes publishing author disclosure data...
In order to decide how best to...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Quicker Results, Improved Communication, Better Care: The Impact of Cath Lab Integration at the University of Washington Medi
06/19/2008
Rene DeVine
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory The UW...
Examining how the use of integrated information management technology has improved reporting timeliness, information accessibility and workflow at the University of Washington Medical Center’s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory The UW...
Examining how the use of...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Successful Implementation of a Cardiac Interventional Program Without On-site Surgical Backup at Howard Regional Health System
06/19/2008
Sheree Schroeder, RN, BSN, RDCS, FASE; Michael E. Ritchie, MD
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) has successfully implemented a PCI program in the absence of an on-site cardiothoracic surgical presence. This article will show that our outcomes and length of stay are better than national and local...
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) has successfully implemented a PCI program in the absence of an on-site cardiothoracic surgical presence. This article will show that our outcomes and length of stay are better than national and local...
Howard Regional Health System...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Feature
Managing High-Volume Inventory: Increasing Efficiency, Decreasing Costs at Florida Hospital
06/19/2008
Barry Egolf, RN; L. Michelle Seawright, DO; Sam Braga, BSM
Florida Hospital is the largest heart program in Florida, with 7 campuses and a total of 12 cath labs and 4 EPS labs. In 2003, their 133 cardiologists performed a total of 16,514 cath lab/EPS events, and used 748,969 inventory items. To...
Florida Hospital is the largest heart program in Florida, with 7 campuses and a total of 12 cath labs and 4 EPS labs. In 2003, their 133 cardiologists performed a total of 16,514 cath lab/EPS events, and used 748,969 inventory items. To...
Florida Hospital is the largest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
About Howard Regional Health System`s Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories
06/19/2008
Sheree Schroeder, RN, BSN, RDCS, FASE; Michael E. Ritchie, MD
Continued from Successful Implementation of a Cardiac Interventional Program Without On-site Surgical Backup at Howard Regional Health System The Howard Regional Health System cardiac catheterization lab (CCL) team is diverse, with a...
Continued from Successful Implementation of a Cardiac Interventional Program Without On-site Surgical Backup at Howard Regional Health System The Howard Regional Health System cardiac catheterization lab (CCL) team is diverse, with a...
Continued from Successful...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Device Update I: The Angio-Seal Device: A Current State Assessment of Changing Clinical Practice
06/19/2008
Carol Emmett, RN, BSN; Fred Kuelker, PA
Methods for achieving hemostasis in patients undergoing angiographic catheterization vary from one medical center to another. Manual pressure and mechanical compression are still widely used, as well as patches and other closure aids....
Methods for achieving hemostasis in patients undergoing angiographic catheterization vary from one medical center to another. Manual pressure and mechanical compression are still widely used, as well as patches and other closure aids....
Methods for achieving hemostasis...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Device Update II: The Path of Least Resistance: How Angio-Seal helped one lab find the road to better economic performanc
06/19/2008
Dwayne Sumter; Angela Sivadon; Linda Lorenz
There is an acceptable way for hospital staff and physicians to come together to decrease costs and keep everybody happy. Over the past year, we went down several roads: First, using all available closure devices; second, using only a patch,...
There is an acceptable way for hospital staff and physicians to come together to decrease costs and keep everybody happy. Over the past year, we went down several roads: First, using all available closure devices; second, using only a patch,...
There is an acceptable way for...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
CME/CEU Offering: Small Vessel Stenting
06/19/2008
Brian H. Galbut, MD; Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI
Topics: Small Vessel Stenting Faculty/Credentials: Brian H. Galbut, MD, Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Learning Objectives. On completion of this...
Topics: Small Vessel Stenting Faculty/Credentials: Brian H. Galbut, MD, Gary L. Schaer, MD, FACC, FSCAI Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois Learning Objectives. On completion of this...
Topics: Small Vessel Stenting ...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Managing High-Volume Inventory: Increasing Efficiency, Decreasing Costs at Florida Hospital
06/19/2008
Barry Egolf, RN; L. Michelle Seawright, DO; Sam Braga, BSM
Florida Hospital is the largest heart program in Florida, with 7 campuses and a total of 12 cath labs and 4 EPS labs. In 2003, their 133 cardiologists performed a total of 16,514 cath lab/EPS events, and used 748,969 inventory items. To...
Florida Hospital is the largest heart program in Florida, with 7 campuses and a total of 12 cath labs and 4 EPS labs. In 2003, their 133 cardiologists performed a total of 16,514 cath lab/EPS events, and used 748,969 inventory items. To...
Florida Hospital is the largest...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Stroke: The Under-treated Cardiovascular Disease
06/19/2008
Sheree Schroeder, RN, BSN, RDCS, FASE; Debbie Clason
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) formed a Community Stroke Coalition to educate the public and standardize medical protocols Q: You experience sudden numbness or weakness in your face or on one side of your body. You become confused and...
Howard Regional Health System (HRHS) formed a Community Stroke Coalition to educate the public and standardize medical protocols Q: You experience sudden numbness or weakness in your face or on one side of your body. You become confused and...
Howard Regional Health System...
06/19/2008
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Spotlight
Holmes Regional Medical Center
06/19/2008
Orlando Marrero, RCIS, MBA; Mathew Litz, BS, RCIS; Dewey Parris, RN, RCIS; Randy Kelly, RCIS; Kim Warner, RN; Henry Hunt, RRT
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our lab, which is located in Health First's 514-bed Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida, was recently expanded to include five high-tech labs, one...
What is the size of your cath lab facility and number of staff members? Our lab, which is located in Health First's 514-bed Holmes Regional Medical Center in Melbourne, Florida, was recently expanded to include five high-tech labs, one...
What is the size of your cath...
06/19/2008
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