Michael D. Ruppe, M.D. Norton Children’s Hospital is a member of the Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Consortium (PC4), focused on collaborative quality improvement in the delivery of care to patients with critical pediatric and congenital cardiovascular disease. Participating centers include more than 50 of the top children’s hospitals in the United States. As a pediatric…
Episode 15 of the “MedChat” podcast addresses treating challenging personalities in primary care. This episode will help primary care practitioners consistently recognize or manage personality disorders when treating patients for medical-related illnesses. In the United States, approximately 9% of adult patients have a personality disorder. In the primary care setting, approximately 18% of patients who…
The number of patients seeking stroke treatment at Norton Healthcare has been falling sharply since the COVID-19 outbreak began its sweep across the United States in March. In May, 36% fewer patients sought stroke care at Norton Healthcare than in the same month a year earlier. “People may be sitting at home with minor strokes…
Norton Children’s Heart Institute, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, offers an umbrella of patient support to help children and families during their hospital stay and after they transition home. A multidisciplinary team including doctors and nurses, a dietitian, a pharmacist and a nurse consultant round each day to ensure all aspects of care…
While hospitals across the nation have slowed down in terms of provider recruitment or in some cases, completely stopped provider recruitment efforts, Norton Healthcare continues to pursue acquiring top provider talent while maintaining social distancing to slow the spread of the coronavirus, all with the help of technology. Amanda Bailey, senior director, provider recruitment, onboarding…
Projects to renovate Norton Cancer Institute – Downtown and create the nearby Women’s Cancer Center have been completed and the facilities are open. Norton Cancer Institute – Downtown (676 S. Floyd St.) This site houses our Prompt Care Clinics for patients with urgent care needs related to cancer, hepatitis C and sickle cell disease. Infusion…
Norton Children’s will host a monthly livestreamed continuing medical education series starting Wednesday, June 17. The series will highlight clinical guidelines and best practices on a variety of topics relevant to the pediatric provider. Topics will provide evidence-based practices in the management and treatment of pediatric and adolescent patients. This program will be livestreamed on…
Pediatricians seeing children with prolonged fever should rule out other explanations before screening for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) associated with COVID-19, according to pediatric specialists with Norton Children’s. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a health advisory May 14 defining the syndrome, which had previously been described as an illness…
Amid the shifting manifestations of COVID-19 in children, Norton Children’s is providing infectious disease telephone consultations to providers. Option 9 on the Norton Children’s helpline, (800) 722-5725, puts any provider with questions about pediatric COVID-19 — including multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) — in touch with an infectious disease specialist. Norton Children’s has a…
By Jennifer Kyser, R.D., CSOWM, L.D. Patients receive extensive counseling on diet and behavioral issues at Norton Weight Management Services before and after bariatric surgery to maximize their chance for a successful outcome. Prior to surgery, all patients undergo a detailed readiness assessment. They see a nurse, a licensed clinical social worker and a dietitian,…
By Misty D. Ellis, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC/PC Nurse practitioners in the Jennifer Lawrence Cardiac Intensive Care Unit are trained and certified in pediatric acute care. They are dedicated to caring for and managing critically ill pediatric heart patients. This specialized training is now the gold standard for children’s hospitals. By adopting this standard, Norton Children’s…
Those who think they may have COVID-19 now have easier access to testing. As availability of test kits and the ability to process results have improved, Norton Healthcare is pleased to begin providing COVID-19 testing to anyone in the community. This includes individuals who are required by their employer to be tested. It is recommend…