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Baptist Health Care (BHC) and the Andrews Institute for Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine recently returned from an innovative strategic planning workshop at Harvard University. The intensive summit, led by Cloud Industries Health, is resulting in revolutionary advances that will deliver the institute’s cutting-edge sports medicine knowledge across the globe through Web portals for citizens, medical professionals, coaches and athletes, as well as through educational seminars using advanced technologies.
Gulf Coast Primary Care Physicians Join Medical Staff of West Florida Healthcare
BHC also continues to see growth in its employed physician enterprise, Baptist Medical Group, now totalling 84 physicians. Most recently, Baptist Medical Group welcomed a gynecologic oncologist, medical oncologist and rheumatologist. See BaptistMedicalGroup.org for details Lastly, Cardiology Consultants, an affiliate of BHC, recently added three new physicians to their staff, including a new interventional cardiologist and electrophysiologist as well as the return of an interventional cardiologist who has spent time abroad. Additionally, BHC and Cardiology Consultants look forward to expanding their service area to include Jay, Fla., Atmore, Ala., and Brewton, Ala., in October.
Sacred Heart Hospital Pediatric Oncology Grant: The Hyundai Hope on Wheels™ program recently presented a $100,000 grant to Sacred Heart Children’s Hospital to enhance the quality of care for children fighting cancer. The grant will be used to purchase equipment for mixing and storing chemotherapy medications in a new designated chemotherapy pharmacy area inside the hospital’s pediatric oncology unit. Because pediatric cancers require dosages and treatment plans differing from those of adults, the Joint Commission recommends healthcare facilities create separate pediatric pharmacies to serve young cancer patients. Annual Meeting Date Change: Sacred Heart’s Medical Staff Annual Meeting has been postponed to Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 5:30 p.m. in the Greenhut Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Neal C. Hogan, PhD., who will speak on “Deflating the Healthcare Bubble.” Medical Staff members of Sacred Heart Hospital should RSVP to 850-416-7000. New Imaging Technology: Sacred Heart Hospital has acquired a new 3T MRI system that will will be installed by late November. The latest MRI technology provides faster, highly accurate images allowing physicians to see smaller structures in greater detail. Cardiac imaging will be one of the capabilities of the latest MRI technology. The scanner has specific clinical applications for neurological, vascular, musculoskeletal, cardiac and pediatric exams. Tobacco-Free Campus: All of Sacred Heart Health System’s facilities are now tobacco-free campuses. Please help prepare your patients who smoke for inpatient stays at our facilities.
The physicians of Gulf Coast Primary Care have joined West Florida Medical Group and the Medical Staff of West Florida Healthcare. Located at 1921 E. 9 Mile Road in Pensacola, the group consists of Karen Snow, M.D., Alicia L. Chen, M.D., and Hillary Hultstrand, M.D. The office number for Gulf Coast Primary Care is (850) 479-4791. West Florida Healthcare is proud to be the only hospital in the area to offer all-private rooms as well as the area’s only Certified Chest Pain Center. The West Florida Healthcare campus includes the all private room acute care hospital, the area’s only comprehensive physical rehabilitation hospital, and a mental health facility.