In The News
Spark of Innovation
Dr. Michael Brant-Zawadski May 20, 2012 Editor’s note: Some of the best jobs require skills in math, science, technology and engineering, but local business leaders and educators are concerned whether there will be enough students interested in those subjects to meet demand. These skills are vital in Orange County, home to many rising and … Read More
Just what the doctor ordered – better hospital food
May 16, 2012 Marcy Brown While most people associate hospital food with Jell-O cubes and runny oatmeal, Hoag Hospital Irvine’s? cafeteria features a decidedly unhospital-like menu of gourmet internationally inspired dishes. The idea to diversify the menu came from Indonesian-born Executive Sous Chef Kasan Soewono. “We want the menu to meet the desires and … Read More
FDA issues warning about controversial MS treatment
May 10, 2012 Courtney Perkes The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a safety alert about an experimental treatment for multiple sclerosis a year after a Canadian woman died from the procedure in Orange County. The warning says the FDA has learned of death, stroke, blood clots and other complications as a … Read More
Success of Comprehensive Exams
Why More Businesses Invest in Executive Physicals and the Five Health Exams You Cannot Live Without Simply put, companies invest a lot of money on their senior executives. Investors and business owners want to protect their company’s assets, which include the executives themselves. More than 22 percent of Fortune 500 companies1 now enroll their top … Read More
Obamacare or not, healthcare reform in progress
May 2, 2012 Dr. Richard Afable Nine justices are expected to determine the fate of the Affordable Care Act in June, but they alone won’t determine the course of healthcare in this country. That course has already been set. Doctors, hospitals and patients know what politicians and pundits haven’t yet realized: The transformational reformation of … Read More
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian receives American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Quality Achievement Award
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian received the Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The recognition signifies that Hoag has reached an aggressive goal of treating heart failure patients with 85 percent compliance for at least 24 months to core standard levels of care outlined by the American Heart … Read More
Office Risk Assessment
How Investing Initial Time in Employee Comfort and Safety Can Reduce Office Risk Long-term Think about how much movement happens at a desk – fingers flying across the keyboard, reaching for a cup of coffee and bending to open the file cabinet. Although these may seem like mundane motions with little effect on your overall … Read More
Leading edge electrophysiology at Hoag Hospital reduces stress
?As seen in Orange County Register? Considering the heart’s vital role in our health and well-being, it is surprisingly small – about the size of a fist and weighing in at just nine to 11 ounces on average. Diminutive, perhaps, but when it comes to anatomy, your heart is a heavyweight player. Every minute, … Read More
Work-life Balance
Do You Have It and Why Do You Need It Everyone has felt the squeeze of the economy and employees and executives alike are feeling the pressure of needing to do more with fewer resources. When trying to balance the demands of the office and the home, workers are finding it more difficult to maintain … Read More
Hoag opens first Electrophysiology Catheterization Suite of its kind
Electrophysiology lab integrates leading edge technology to achieve the highest level of efficiency and safety for patients and better outcomes. Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian has introduced the Allan and Sandy Fainbarg Electrophysiology Cath Suite, the first electrophysiology (EP) cardiac catheterization lab of its kind. The EP cath suite is a unique patient-care space designed … Read More