Tag: Patient Care
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Northwestern Memorial HealthCare and Cadence Health Reach Definitive Agreement to Combine Health Systems
The governing boards for Cadence Health and Northwestern Memorial HealthCare approved an agreement to combine the two health systems. Subject to regulatory approvals, the combination would span more than 60 sites of care across Chicago and its suburbs, including four hospitals.
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Virtual Reality Training Helps Adults with Autism Prepare for Job Interviews
A new human simulation training program – based on software originally used to train FBI agents – helps adults with autism improve their job interview skills and confidence.
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Redesigning Health Care
Sanjay Mehrotra, PhD, director of the new Center for Engineering and Health (CEH) aims to develop data-driven engineering solutions to a range of national healthcare delivery problems.
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Rhythms of Life
Circadian Science Advances Speed Up Importance Of Timing In Medicine
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Students to Screen Chicagoans for Heart Disease
Northwestern Medicine is partnering with the Chicago Department of Public Health to expand an innovative program, Keep Your Heart Healthy, to screen Chicago residents for cardiovascular disease.
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Minimally Invasive Back Surgery Preserves Normal Motion
Published in PLOS ONE, the findings by a group of neurosurgeons could change the manner in which a fairly common lumbar procedure is performed in the future.
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Nerve Transfers Limit Pain for Amputees
Developed by Gregory Dumanian, MD, and Todd A Kuiken, MD, PhD, targeted muscle reinnervation enables an amputee to control motorized prosthetic devices and regain sensory feedback. New research also shows that it reduces neuroma pain from cut nerve endings.
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Patients with Hypertension Benefit From Coordinated Care Approach
David Liss, PhD, found that more comprehensive primary care reduced specialist referrals in patients with treated hypertension, helping to ensure that specialists are seeing the patients who would benefit most from their expertise.
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2013: The Year in Review
The past year provided an outstanding time of growth and success at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The following stories highlight some of the best moments from 2013.
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Quality is Job One – New health system focuses on providing better care
New health system focuses on providing better care throughout all facilities.
