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Two heart transplants in one day showcase cardiac transplant team

A heart transplant comes close to a miracle for those who need it. It takes many hands to make that miracle happen: A team including surgeons, operating room staff, heart and lung machine specialists, physicians and others must work together to ensure a successful surgery. It’s a careful balance, and one that the Medical University of South Carolina recently pulled off twice in one day.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health
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One heart, three lives: How Duke Health is revolutionizing pediatric heart transplants

The Duke team performed the world’s first living mitral valve replacement, a type of partial heart transplant, which Duke pioneered in 2022.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Technology
Public

Baby is thriving after innovative procedure to shrivel lemon-sized cyst

A team at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital in Connecticut performed a minimally invasive procedure on a 3-day-old baby who had been diagnosed with a lymphatic malformation in utero.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Innovation/New Models of Care, Care Delivery, Child and Adolescent Health
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Hospitals Are Prioritizing Maternal Health to Improve Patient Safety

Hospitals are prioritizing maternal health by focusing on patient safety throughout pregnancy, childbirth and beyond.
Maternal Health, Child and Adolescent Health, Quality & Patient Safety, Patient Safety Initiative, Safety culture
Public

Froedtert West Bend Hospital opens breast milk donation depot

Froedtert West Bend Hospital has expanded its breast milk donation program to mothers and babies not only in the hospital but also the surrounding region.
Telling the Hospital Story, Community Benefit, Child and Adolescent Health, Maternal Health, Community Partnerships
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Illinois hospital launches pediatric heart transplant program

East Chicago, Ind., teen Nataly Paramó became the first pediatric heart transplant recipient at the Advocate Children’s Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Child and Adolescent Health, Organ Transplantation
Public

A California hospital's simple, secret weapon for treating postpartum patients

Modern medical technology has led to remarkable advancements, but staff at Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta know that something as basic as a strategically labeled bracelet can help save a life.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Maternal Health
Public

UC Davis Health Doctors Use Collarbone to Create New Upper Arm for Young Patient

UC Davis Health in Sacramento, Calif. performed a rare procedure that involved using a child's collarbone to create a new upper arm.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Quality Improvement Opportunities, Child and Adolescent Health, Analytics & Research

How Robotic Surgery Helped a 10-Year-Old Dancer Return to the Stage in Record Time

At 10 years old, Kieva has been dancing through life — literally. She is a competitive Irish dancer who reached the Open Championships — the highest level of competition — after just three years of dancing. However, she had a condition that put a stutter in her step.
Innovation, Telling the Hospital Story, Child and Adolescent Health, Leveraging Technology

For A-fib Patients, a Life Without Blood Thinners

For years, the first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, has been blood thinners. A-fib, which is a cardiac rhythm abnormality, can lead to other health complications, including strokes — it’s estimated that 90% of all strokes happen in patients who have A-fib.
Telling the Hospital Story, Innovation, Quality Improvement Opportunities, Technology, Geriatric