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All Blog Posts Tagged 'surgery' (10)

Mitral Valve Repair Without Open Surgery – Exciting Development in Medical Devices

The mitral valve separates the heart’s left atrium from the left ventricle. When the ventricle contracts to send blood to the aorta and out to the body, the mitral valve closes to prevent blood rushing backward into the atrium and back to the lungs. The mitral valve can become stiff and tight, called stenosis or it can become unable to close tightly, called regurgitation. Once the regurgitation becomes sufficiently severe to cause heart failure, the death rate reaches about 5% per year. Most…

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Added by Stephen C Schimpff on April 20, 2011 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Teamwork Improves Surgical Safety and Reduces Mortality

Like the cockpit, the operating room (OR) is fraught with high intensity, high complexity, high velocity, and high stakes. And as a capital intense location which serves as the financial engine of many or not most hospitals, there is pressure to use the OR efficiently. Like the cockpit, there is hierarchy, and a deep culture which includes strongly held rituals and customs. Unfortunately, there are also errors of omission and commission which lead to adverse outcomes including patient… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on November 14, 2010 at 9:04am — No Comments

Is HCG the Right Choice For You to Lose Weight?

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Great discussion yesterday with dietitian Lisa Nelson of hearthealthmadeeasy.com, Matt Gallant, and Sherman Supley both of…

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Added by Cynthia Shelby-Lane, MD on July 21, 2010 at 10:51am — No Comments

Further Disruptive Trends in Medicine

Generally we prefer calm seas but often they don’t get us anywhere. We need disruptions, transformations to make the changes necessary for real progress in medicine. Sometimes it is a new technology; sometimes a cultural change. But then a refinement may occur. The refinement may not seem like a “disruption” but indeed it can be because the refinement may create a demand for change. Here a few more disruptive changes or refinements that are leading to disruptions of the old ways.… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on May 4, 2010 at 7:39am — No Comments

CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery ... Reminder Call for Papers Deadline: 11th January 2010

Colleagues,



Please see message below from organizers of the annual CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery 24th International Congress and Exhibition, http://www.cars-int.org ...



ENJOY!



CC

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CARS 2010 – Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

24th International Congress and Exhibition,… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 6, 2010 at 8:42am — No Comments

Misconception – The remarkable medical scientific advances are rapidly made available to the care delivery system.

We should so hope but often that it is just not the case.



Laparoscopic surgery took medicine by storm 20 years ago but some new technologies of great value are slow to be adopted, such as simulation for teaching procedures rather than learning by practicing on the patient. Sometimes it is because the old way is “the way we have always done it” and sometimes it is because those holding the purse strings just do not appreciate the underlying value. Laparoscopic surgery got patients out… Continue

Added by Stephen C Schimpff on December 16, 2009 at 5:20pm — No Comments

New Member Update - Happy New Year!

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



Please welcome new Members of the MedTechIQ "Networking & Learning" community...



Academia & NonProfit:



Rifat Latifi: Trauma, Telemedicine, surgery



Henry Etzkowitz: Triple Helix: university-industry-government interactions; entrepreneurial university, Women in science and technology



Chunyan Zhou: Innovation of Science and technology

University-industry-government… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on January 9, 2009 at 7:46am — No Comments

New Member Update - 13 December 2008

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



We have been joined by new MedTechIQ members. They include:



Academia/ Not For Profit:



Eric Rasmussen, MD, MDM, FACP: Humanitarian medicine, Disaster medicine, public health, outbreak epidemiology, austere communications, collaboration techniques, cross-functional team dynamics



Ron Marchessault: Medical Device Research and Development, Technology Commercialization



Phil Weinfurt:… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 13, 2008 at 6:30am — No Comments

Healing with Laser Heat Surgical lasers could soon heal cuts as well as make incisions.

Colleagues,



As reported in MIT Tech Review ... The promise of medical lasers goes beyond clean incisions and eye surgery: Many believe that lasers should be used not just to create wounds but to mend them too. Abraham Katzir, a physicist at Tel Aviv University, has a system that may just do the trick and is proving successful in its first human trials.



In principle, "laser-bonded" healing offers certain advantages over classic needle-and-thread sutures, including faster… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 11, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

New Member Update - Part 3

A message to all members of MedTechIQ



Colleagues,



New members not accounted for on previous 2 updates include:



Industry:



Shabri Moore: Financial Advisor



John Hotchkiss: Software & Audio/Visual Technology to support Patient Safety & improve care in Critical Care Environments



Ed Ponatoski: Health & Health Facility Planning, Strategic Planning, Organizational Development



Roger Bagwell: Active motion medical… Continue

Added by CC-Conrad Clyburn-MedForeSight on December 1, 2008 at 11:30pm — No Comments

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