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Celebrating Passionate Pink Day
On October 17th 2008 the department
celebrated Passionate Pink Day to raise funds for the
Susan Komen foundation. The
staff made donations to wear pink to work for the day, almost everyone
participated.
Nancy G. Brinker promised her
dying sister, Susan G. Komen, that she would do everything in her power
to end breast cancer forever. In 1982, that promise became
Susan G. Komen for the Cure and launched the global breast cancer
movement. Today, Komen for the Cure is the world’s largest grassroots
network of breast cancer survivors and activists fighting to save lives,
empower people, ensure quality care for all and energize science to find
the cures. Thanks to events like the Komen Race for the Cure, we have
invested nearly $1 billion to fulfill our promise, becoming the largest
source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer
in the world. If you would like to participate, then visit the website
at Susan B Komen
Pictures by Janet and Don, Thank you.
East Ohio Regional Hospital to Get MRI
By KIM NORTH The
Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
July 12, 2008
MARTINS FERRY - East Ohio Regional Hospital
announced Friday that it plans to install new technology to improve
patient services.
During a news conference in the R.H. Wilson Room at the Martins
Ferry-based facility, it was announced that EORH will install an on-site
Magnetic Resonance Imaging system.
"We have been looking at on-site MRI services for some time, and we are
pleased to be able to provide this benefit to our patients," said Brian
K. Felici, president and chief executive officer of Ohio Valley Health
Services & Education Corp., parent company of EORH and Ohio Valley
Medical Center in Wheeling. "This will vastly increase the convenience
for the patient requiring an MRI."
Felici said while EORH previously offered portable MRI service that came
to the hospital via tractor-trailer a couple times a week, the on-site
technology is a big advance for the hospital.
"We're very pleased in that, not only is it the first for any hospital
in the local area, it truly is a better service for the patients, as far
as comfort goes, and as far as the capabilities of the equipment," he
added.
Currently, no hospitals in Ohio and Belmont counties offer fixed MRI
services every day, officials said. Mobile MRI is available on a limited
basis at all area hospitals, including EORH and OVMC, but with the
on-site system at EORH, the service will be available to patients seven
days a week, they said.
Wheeling Hospital spokesman Gregg Warren said that facility presently
offers MRI services six days a week, using a mobile unit that remains at
the hospital. He noted, though, that Wheeling Hospital also plans to
offer fixed MRI services later this year. He said the staff there is
preparing a certificate of need for the equipment and planning
remodeling and some expansion in the emergency room area to accommodate
the technology.
"We've always had MRIs available," said Dr. James Patrizi, chief of
Radiology at EORH, "but, as all technology evolves, this is some of the
latest technology available."
"Twenty-four hours a day," noted Felici. "We are very pleased to be
offering this service to in-patients, as well as out-patients."
He was unsure as to how long it would be before the service is
available.
"We're looking at a process that includes some construction that will
take a couple of months," Felici added, noting that no cost estimate was
available.
The EORH system, a Hitachi High-Performance Echelon 1.5T MR Imaging
system
,
features state-of-the-art technology and is more comfortable for the
patient than traditional systems have been. The opening is wider, and
shorter, making it significantly more patient friendly.
"MRI systems have typically been long and tight, often causing anxiety
for the patient," Patrizi said. "This particular model, while offering
high performance images, is also more comfortable."
He added that the system is higher strength, which allows for a faster
scan and better image quality. The system offers technology that can
reduce motion artifacts, helping to eliminate repeat scans and thus
shorten exam times.
"The goal is to get good images of the physical area while making the
experience as quick and comfortable for the patient as possible,"
Patrizi continued.
The system provides advanced imaging applications in areas that include
orthopedic and neurological components, as well as women's health
including breast studies, according to Felici.
"This new system offers our community access to the most advanced
diagnostic imaging techniques currently available in the health care
industry," Felici said. "There's a strong need for an on-site MRI
service in the Belmont County area, and we're providing it."
Mammography Technicians Ease Fears
Photo by Bethany A. Romanek - Becky Kwiatkowski
RT(R)(M), a staff technologist in the radiology department at East Ohio
Regional Hospital, prepares to perform a mammogram. Kwiatkowski has been
certified in X-ray registry since 1989, and in mammography since 1992.
POSTED: October 7, 2007 Wheeling News Register
64-Slice CT Is First in Ohio Valley
Left to Right -
Shannon Rodgers ST, OVMC Radiology Program, Shawna Kunik RT, EORH CT
Staff, and Dave Woeber RT(R)(CT), Lead CT Tech.
POSTED: September 29, 2007/In the
Wheeling News Register/2007 Medical Directory
OVMC and EORH TO INSTALL NEW CT IMAGING UNITS
OVMC and EORH will
acquire two new, state of the art, CT imaging systems from GEHealthcare. The
LightSpeed VCT is the worlds first Volume Computed Tomography (VCT) system.
With it, OVMC and EORH bring a new era in imaging to the Ohio Valley by
offering this innovative way for doctors to obtain the information they need
to diagnose cardiovascular decease.
Now physicians are able to capture images of the
beating heart in just five heartbeats, something no other CT system can
offer. The new Volume CT system allows physicians to perform new
enhanced procedures such as CT angiography and obtain the information they
need to diagnose patients who are suffering from chest pain.
Physicians at OVMC and EORH will have a new tool to help them diagnose
cardiovascular disease for their cardiac patients.
Because the LightSpeed VCT's unique capabilities, new and
enhanced medical CT procedures included:
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5-Beat Cardiac™ - The physicians at OVMC and
EORH can capture images of the whole heart and coronary arteries in
just five heartbeats - provide clearer images of cardiovascular
anatomy and shorter breath-hold for sick and elderly patients.
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Triple RuleOut™ - Three primary causes of mortality in patients with
chest pain are aortic dissection, pulmonary embolism and coronary
disease. The physicians at OVMC and EORH now have a tool to
help them rule out (or in) the individual causes of the patient's
chest pain through a single fast scan.
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Stroke Work-Up - Once a stroke occurs, it is commonly believed that
the treatment must be delivered within hour or less to ensure the
best outcome for the patient. The LightSpeed VCT offer OVMC
and EORH the speed and resolution required for rapid imaging of
blood vessels in the brain. This enables physicians to make a
quick diagnosis of stroke and determine the extent of damage, making
this complex procedure easier and more routine for the physician.
In a single rotation, the Volume CT system creates 64
high-resolution anatomical images as thin as a credit card.
These images are combined to form a three-dimensional view of the
patients anatomy for the physicians at OVMC and EORH to analyze.
From these images, physicians can view such things as blockages in
the coronary arteries, as well as the motion and pumping action of
the patients heart.
Our hospitals are breaking barriers in speed and
accuracy of patient exams and are now able to offer new and enhanced
diagnostic procedures thanks to our new LightSpeed VCT. The
technology will greatly benefit both our physicians and patients.
Article from OVMC/EORH
paper pager September 2006
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