New tower opens at Norton Audubon Hospital
Part of the five-year construction and renovation project at Norton Audubon Hospital has reached a significant milestone with the completion of a new tower. It opened in April and features 74 additional private patient rooms […]
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Pulmonary embolism response team (PERT) launches
Norton Healthcare has established uniform protocols for the treatment of pulmonary embolism (PE). The move is intended to improve patient outcomes for the life-threatening condition that claims tens of thousands of lives each year, according […]
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New rehabilitation program for PAD patients
Norton Heart & Vascular Institute’s Peripheral Arterial Disease Supervised Exercise Therapy (SET) Program is a new program available for patients with symptomatic peripheral arterial disease. If you have a patient diagnosed with peripheral arterial disease […]
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Welcome new heart failure specialist, Kelly C. McCants, M.D.
Norton Healthcare is pleased to welcome Kelly C. McCants, M.D. back to the community, and have him lead the Norton Heart & Vascular Institute Advanced Heart Failure Program. Dr. McCants earned his medical degree from Meharry Medical […]
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View from the emergency department on tPA
The American Heart Association (AHA) calls tPA the “gold standard” for treating ischemic strokes. AHA guidelines for the early management of acute ischemic stroke call for administering tPA as quickly as possible. Emergency physician Jeff A. […]
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