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Healthcare Professionals / Progress Notes / LG Health & Department News

Improvement in patient care: New endoscopy system makes images immediately available to all providers
5/10/2012 – An upgrade to our electronic health record system means that pictures of endoscopies and bronchoscopies are immediately available to all providers.  Read more


da Vinci Single-Site revolutionizes cholecystectomy procedure
5/9/2012 – A new procedure using da Vinci Single-Site™ incision, the latest breakthrough in robotic-assisted surgery, allows surgeons to remove the gallbladder using one small incision instead of multiple incisions.  Read more


Reach Out and Read
5/7/2012 – Since 2010, every child between six months and five years of age who comes to Twin Rose for a well visit goes home with a new, developmentally appropriate book.  Read more


Drug shortages: LG Health strategies to ensure quality patient care
3/20/2012 – Here’s a scenario no physician or hospital wants to face: Canceling surgeries because of an anesthesia drug shortage  Read more


Advanced technology detects dementia early
3/20/2012 – The NeuroQ software used at Lancaster General Health’s Suburban Outpatient Pavilion helps identify types of dementia.  Read more


Restraint orders change: Should be based on patient behavior
3/20/2012 – Physicians should look to patient’s behavior only when making the decision for both Violence-Based and Non-Violence-Based Restraints.  Read more


LG Health adds revolutionary heart imaging system
2/15/2012 – The newest high-speed, high-resolution cardiac imaging technology now being used at Lancaster General Health greatly reduces imaging time and radiation exposure for patients.  Read more


New pediatric cardiology practice’s goal: Keep care local
2/15/2012 – Lancaster General Health Pediatric Specialists welcomes Devyani Chowdhury, MD, a board certified pediatric cardiologist, who provides pediatric cardiology services not previously available in Lancaster County.  Read more


Liver cancer patients benefit from novel drug therapy
2/15/2012 – Certain patients with liver tumors are candidates for an emerging chemotherapy treatment at LGH that offers a slow release of cancer-fighting drugs injected directly into the tumor  Read more
 
 

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