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Comprehensive Cardiac Services for Hospitals: How SpecialtyCare Elevates Cardiac Healthcare

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In the fast-evolving world of healthcare, cardiac services play a crucial role in helping hospitals improve patient outcomes while maintaining operational efficiency and incorporating cutting-edge medical techniques. SpecialtyCare is instrumental in enhancing these cardiac services by offering specialized expertise in perfusion, autotransfusion, intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM), and more. As a partner to hospitals rather than a […]

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Normothermic Regional Perfusion

Optimize Your Cardiac OR with Normothermic Regional Perfusion (NRP)

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In 2023, the number of lung, liver, and heart transplants across the country each increased by more than 10%, according to The New York Times. New perfusion technology is both meeting the demand and increasing opportunities for transplant, extending new life to donor organs by outperforming former methods of cooling them down to preserve function.

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ECMO Success Story: Baby Theo Recovers from Severe Meconium Aspiration Syndrome

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ECMO therapy can offer life-saving intervention for those suffering from a respiratory crisis. The use of ECMO has increased in recent years, largely due to the prevalence of diseases like COVID-19 and the flu, but also because of innovations in the field and higher adoption across medical systems. ECMO is often used for patients who

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September Perfusion Webinar: Great Documentation, Not Something to Bypass!

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Join us in discussing clinical documentation with Debra Weinrich, LLP. Learning Objectives include: -Identify some common documentation problems and issues -Identify some possible negative impacts associated with poor documentation -Identify several ways to improve your clinical documentation

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Perfusion Webinar Series: “May 6, 1953, Operative Report: Closure of a large interatrial septal defect…easily closed”

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Join Mark Kurusz as he shares an appreciation of history in the context of current CPB technology. Mr. Kurusz worked as a clinical perfusionist for 40 years and is an expert in cardiopulmonary bypass, intra-aortic balloon pumps, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and ventricular assist devices. His presentation, “May 6, 1953, Operative Report: Closure of a large

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ECMO Success Story: Florida Asthma Patient Recovers from Life-Threatening Attack

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As the largest provider of ECMO in the US, SpecialtyCare offers training and places ECMO specialists at hospitals around the country. One of those hospitals is HCA Florida Memorial Hospital, where a 20 year-old patient was recently admitted during a life-threatening asthma attack.  Julia Webber’s carbon dioxide level was seven times the normal amount when

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February Is American Heart Month: How Can We Make Heart Surgery Safer?

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According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 1 in 5 deaths in the US could be attributed to heart disease in 2020. Heart disease is still the leading cause of death in America, and approximately 20 million adults have the most common form, Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). CAD does not spare the young; 20%

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