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University Hospitals Case Medical Center is Only Hospital in Ohio Recognized by American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
Thursday, January 22, 2009 (2123 reads)


CLEVELAND–University Hospitals Case Medical Center’s adult endoscopy unit is one of 56 units in the country to be recognized by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE) for promoting quality in endoscopy. UH Case Medical Center is the only hospital in Ohio to receive this elite honor.

The new ASGE Endoscopy Unit Recognition Program honors endoscopy units that follow the ASGE guidelines on quality assurance, privileging, endoscopy reprocessing and Centers for Disease Control infection control guidelines.



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UH Geauga Medical Center Receives $300,000 for Breast Imaging Suite
Friday, January 16, 2009 (1937 reads)


GEAUGA – University Hospitals Geauga Medical Center has received $300,000 from The William O. and Gertrude Lewis Frohring Foundation to establish the Frohring Breast Imaging Suite. The new suite, scheduled to open in Spring of 2009, will offer residents of Geauga and surrounding counties access to the area’s most advanced digital mammography system.

“Digital mammography is a major advance in breast cancer screening and women throughout Geauga County and beyond will have access to this powerful tool in the fight against breast cancer, thanks to the Frohring Foundation,” says Richard J. Frenchie, President of UH Geauga Medical Center. “We are thrilled to have this state-of-the-art technology to offer our patients within our renovated, patient-centered Breast Suite.”



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Paralyzed boy’s surgery to make medical history at UH; He’s youngest for ‘Christopher Reeve’ operation
Friday, January 09, 2009 (2235 reads)


The impulses come from a battery inside a 6-by-3-inch plastic box that Alex can wear in a fanny pack or attached to his chair.

One of the biggest advantages of the device is that it works on one size C lithium battery and doesn't have to be plugged into an electrical outlet the way a ventilator does.

That means no worries if bad weather knocks out the power.



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