University Hospitals /news/tags/university-hospitals University Hospitals en-US Copyright Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:47:56 GMT 'We need your help': how University Hospitals has managed IV fluid shortages after hurricane /health/2024-11-08/we-need-your-help-how-university-hospitals-has-managed-iv-fluid-shortages-after-hurricane University Hospitals asked staff for ideas to conserve IV fluids, following a reduction of 60% from their supplier, whose factory was impacted by Hurricane Helene. Officials found the new ideas prevented waste and patients preferred them. Fri, 08 Nov 2024 19:47:56 GMT /health/2024-11-08/we-need-your-help-how-university-hospitals-has-managed-iv-fluid-shortages-after-hurricane Taylor Wizner Defibrillators are now required in Ohio schools. Here's how to use one /health/2024-08-14/defibrillators-are-now-required-in-ohio-schools-heres-how-to-use-one A new Ohio law requires AEDs in all public and chartered nonpublic schools in effort to save lives during cardiac arrest events. Wed, 14 Aug 2024 10:00:00 GMT /health/2024-08-14/defibrillators-are-now-required-in-ohio-schools-heres-how-to-use-one Stephanie Metzger-Lawrence Here's how robots are changing the game for heart surgery at University Hospitals /health/2024-07-09/heres-how-robots-are-changing-the-game-for-heart-surgery-at-university-hospitals Surgeons at University Hospitals use tiny instruments and robot-controlled tools to do heart surgery in a way that is much less invasive than open-heart surgery. Tue, 09 Jul 2024 09:39:00 GMT /health/2024-07-09/heres-how-robots-are-changing-the-game-for-heart-surgery-at-university-hospitals Taylor Wizner University Hospitals vows it will increase efficiency to avoid further layoffs /health/2024-06-20/university-hospitals-pledges-to-use-efficiencies-to-counter-revenue-deficits-after-layoffs University Hospitals says it will increase efficiency in record keeping and billing to counter lost revenue after laying off more than 300 employees. Thu, 20 Jun 2024 17:02:56 GMT /health/2024-06-20/university-hospitals-pledges-to-use-efficiencies-to-counter-revenue-deficits-after-layoffs Stephen Langel Hospitals lost ground in battle against infections during pandemic, new report says /health/2023-05-10/hospitals-lost-ground-in-battle-against-infections-during-pandemic-new-report-says Hospital safety suffered during the pandemic as infection rates rose at many hospitals, including some in Northeast Ohio. Wed, 10 May 2023 22:55:15 GMT /health/2023-05-10/hospitals-lost-ground-in-battle-against-infections-during-pandemic-new-report-says Stephen Langel Rerouting blood from blocked arteries to veins can prevent leg amputation, UH study shows /health/2023-04-03/procedure-studied-by-university-hospitals-shows-promise-at-saving-patients-with-severe-vascular-disease-from-losing-their-limbs In a study just published in the New England Journal of Medicine, UH doctors said an experimental new therapy called LimFlow has helped about two-thirds of their patients at greatest risk for amputation keep their leg. Mon, 03 Apr 2023 21:09:50 GMT /health/2023-04-03/procedure-studied-by-university-hospitals-shows-promise-at-saving-patients-with-severe-vascular-disease-from-losing-their-limbs Taylor Wizner UH ends labor and delivery services at Lake West in Willoughby /health/2023-03-29/uh-ends-labor-and-delivery-services-at-lake-west-in-willoughby Following a national trend, UH is consolidating maternity services and plans to expand obstetrics care at TriPoint Medical Center in Concord Township. Wed, 29 Mar 2023 21:26:01 GMT /health/2023-03-29/uh-ends-labor-and-delivery-services-at-lake-west-in-willoughby Taylor Wizner Do racial health disparities play out in long COVID? These health researchers are trying to find out /health/2023-02-16/do-racial-health-disparities-play-out-in-long-covid-these-health-researchers-are-trying-to-find-out The COVID-19 pandemic hit Northeast Ohio’s Black communities hard, recent research shows. Now researchers from the National Institute of Health (NIH) are trying to determine whether long COVID-19 will also disproportionately affect Black people. Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:59:53 GMT /health/2023-02-16/do-racial-health-disparities-play-out-in-long-covid-these-health-researchers-are-trying-to-find-out Betty Halliburton University Hospitals enrolling those with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in study of new drug /health/2022-12-29/university-hospitals-enrolling-those-with-early-stage-alzheimers-disease-in-study-of-new-drug University Hospitals is enrolling people in a nationwide study of the effects of an experimental drug, which was recently found, in an unrelated study, to slow memory loss for those in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Thu, 29 Dec 2022 16:51:52 GMT /health/2022-12-29/university-hospitals-enrolling-those-with-early-stage-alzheimers-disease-in-study-of-new-drug Taylor Wizner Seem like everyone around you is sick? Here's what's going on /news/health/2022-12-05/seem-like-everyone-around-you-is-sick-heres-why Got a nasty head or chest infection? It’s not just you. Doctors in Northeast Ohio say that while the flu is the predominant infection right now, several other respiratory viruses are also circulating. Mon, 05 Dec 2022 23:29:40 GMT /news/health/2022-12-05/seem-like-everyone-around-you-is-sick-heres-why Taylor Wizner, Stephanie Czekalinski