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Norton Healthcare, Norton Children’s launch $200 million fundraising campaign

Not-for-profit Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s ask for the community’s help to improve health and quality of life for every person in Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The organization, along with local and community leaders, announced its “Just Imagine” campaign, which aims to raise $200 million in the next two years to support investments in health care…

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Adult Services, Orthopedics

Norton Louisville Arm & Hand becomes Norton Arm & Hand Institute

Norton Arm & Hand Institute is the new name for Norton Louisville Arm & Hand, as of March 1, 2024. The goal of Norton Arm & Hand Institute is to be a destination program by establishing itself as a thought and practice leader in upper extremity care. The institute is founded upon five pillars: clinical…

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Adult Services, Pediatric Services, Research, Research

Open-access, peer-reviewed medical journal accepting submissions

Norton Healthcare has launched a new, open-access medical journal to promote the sharing of innovation and ideas from the laboratory, the bedside and everyday practice. Norton Healthcare Medical Journal welcomes original articles related to medicine, nursing, public health, pharmacy and dentistry, across the full continuum of health care for adult and pediatric populations. The no-cost-to-publish,…

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Adult Services, Infectious Disease

Antimicrobial stewardship

The Norton Healthcare Antimicrobial Stewardship Program was recognized this year as the first and only antimicrobial stewardship center of excellence in the United States by the British Society of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. The international collaboration is part of the society’s new Global Antimicrobial Stewardship Accreditation Scheme. The accreditation process, developed by BSAC and led by experts…

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Adult Services, Cancer

Norton Cancer Institute enrolling patients for gotistobart (ONC-392) Phase 3 trial

Norton Cancer Institute is enrolling metastatic lung cancer patients in a Phase 3 clinical trial to test a promising new anti-CLTA-4 antibody, gotistobart (ONC-392). The study will test whether gotistobart is more effective than the chemotherapy agent docetaxel in prolonging life in patients with metastatic, non-small cell lung cancer whose disease progressed on anti-PD-1/PD-L1 antibody…

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Adult Services, Neuroscience

Christopher P. Rhyne, M.D., headache medicine specialist, has joined Norton Neuroscience Institute

Christopher P. Rhyne, M.D., is a headache medicine specialist at Norton Neuroscience Institute. He earned his medical degree from Windsor University School of Medicine, St. Kitts, West Indies. He completed his residency in family medicine at the University of Illinois Chicago. Dr. Rhyne comes to Norton Neuroscience Institute Headache Center from the Diamond Headache Clinic…

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Adult Services, NMG

February 2024 Norton Medical Group new providers

Scott M. McClain, M.D. Emergency Medicine Stephen R. Roszell, M.D. Urgent Care Jerome J. Tuitt, M.D. Hospital Medicine Shengnan Zheng, M.D. Hospital Medicine Timothy J. Ziolkowski, M.D. Emergency Medicine Katharine Adelstein, APRN Psycho-oncology Lunden A. Barnes, APRN Urgent Care Rachel F. Bass, APRN Family Medicine Taylor D. Burkhardt, APRN Urgent Care Megan A. Cramer, APRN…

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NMG, Pediatric Services

February 2024 Norton Children’s Medical Group New Providers

Patrick K. Hynes, M.D. Pediatrics Anna M. Boone, APRN Pediatric Neurology Elizabeth S. Deitz, APRN ­ Neonatology Brianna S. Redman, APRN Pediatrics Catherine Thornberry, LCSW Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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Research, Research

Louisville Business First has recognized Norton Healthcare and Norton Children’s research team members with its 2024 Health Care Heroes Innovator Award

Louisville Business First has recognized researchers at Norton Healthcare with its 2024 Health Care Heroes Innovator Award. The award honors those who break ground in the health care field by developing or implementing new technology, treatments or programs with wide applications. Award recipients were: Manager Award This award honors leaders ranging from the head of a small…

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Adult Services, Sports Health

How evidence-based “exercise snacks” can combat sedentary lifestyles

What are “exercise snacks”? A newer concept for evidence-based exercises, called “exercise snacks” or “activity snacks,” is gaining traction for helping improve health outcomes for patients with sedentary lifestyles. These “snacks,” which involve short bursts of exercises implemented throughout the day, can offer many health benefits without significantly disrupting a patient’s existing daily routines. Studies…

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Adult Services, Heart & Vascular

Peripartum cardiovascular disease makes pregnancy history a critical part of evaluating patients

Patients who have been pregnant and especially those who had complicated pregnancies are at higher risk for cardiovascular disease, but the condition typically arises 10 or 15 years after the pregnancy. Patients are screened months after their pregnancy for cardiovascular disease, but as the patient ages, pregnancy is a very important part of their medical…

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Adult Services, Cancer

Diagnosing early stage lung cancer with robotic bronchoscopy lung nodule biopsy

The patient A 67-year-old woman with a past medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and emphysema presented with a spiculated right upper-lobe nodule that was previously 8 millimeters in size on CT scan of the lung. In six months, it had increased in size to 1.1 centimeters. The challenge The lung nodule was small,…

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