Celebrating Healthcare HR Week Part I: Recruiting and SpecialtyCare University
Healthcare Human Resources Week – the third week of March – is designated to recognize human resources professionals in healthcare organizations across the nation for their important role across the continuum of care. We are excited to recognize SpecialtyCare's awesome...
SpecialtyCare’s Presentation at the 2021 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Meeting...
SpecialtyCare is honored to share that our research and presentation titled: “Analysis of 189 Consecutive Patients with COVID-19 and Severe Pulmonary Compromise Treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): Outcomes and Trends Over Time” was presented at The Society of Thoracic...
“Inside the Fight to Save Houston’s Most Vulnerable” Q&A with Kirti...
SpecialtyCare is honored to be a partner of Houston Methodist Hospital, working alongside their medical teams to provide perfusion services during cardiac surgery and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support for patients including those afflicted with COVID-19. Recently, the New York…
SpecialtyCare’s COVID-19 and ECMO Research Selected for the Opening...
SpecialtyCare is honored to share that our abstract entitled: “Experience with 46 patients with COVID-19 and Severe Pulmonary Compromise treated with Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation,” has been selected for the opening presentation of the first scientific session at The Southern Thoracic…
ECMO and COVID-19 Webinar Draws Large Attendance as Healthcare Providers...
SpecialtyCare recently hosted two educational webinar opportunities for perfusionists and critical care physicians. Both sessions were focused on ECMO for patients with COVID-19 and discussed challenges, successes, and lessons learned. As the COVID-19 pandemic evolves, perfusionists and critical care physicians…
SpecialtyCare Medical Department Collaborates with The American Society for...
SpecialtyCare’s real-time cohort of 32 patients across 9 states over 24 days is the largest published analysis to date of COVID-19 patients supported with ECMO. SpecialtyCare pledges to continue research and hopes to partner with other industry leaders to support…
Salvaging Patients’ Blood During Cardiac Surgery Can Be Good for Their...
The study, “The Influence of Intraoperative Autotransfusion on Postoperative Hematocrit after Cardiac Surgery: A Cross-Sectional Study,” published in the December 2017 issue of The Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. CLINICAL ISSUE The salvage and re-infusion of blood lost during surgery—a practice…
Performance-Based Assessment of Oxygenators Used During Cardiac Surgery
Findings of the study, “Goal-Directed Perfusion Methodology for Determining Oxygenator Performance during Clinical Cardiopulmonary Bypass,” were published in the June 2017 edition of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. CLINICAL ISSUE During open-heart surgery, a cardiopulmonary bypass circuit often provides circulatory…
Real-Time Monitoring Improves Safety for Patients on Heart-Lung Machine
Study findings were detailed in the article “Will Real-Time Monitoring Technology be a Game Changer for Perfusion Safety?” published in the June 2017 edition of the Journal of ExtraCorporeal Technology. CLINICAL ISSUE Most hospitals have adopted an electronic medical record…