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• REMINDER: ORLive Presents: Reality EP: Catheter Ablation for Paroxysmal AF Optimizing Image Integration for Ablation

  - 2008-05-01

  The Heart Rhythm Society presents a live webcast featuring a panel discussion of a catheter ablation for paroxysmal atrial fibrillation procedure utilizing 3-D mapping and rotational intracardiac echocardiography ICE. Special online resources include an interview with David Wiggins, BS, RN, Electrophysiology Technical Specialist at...

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• American Medical Association Recognizes University of Virginia Health System's Patient Communication Programs.

  - 2005-06-28

  Byline: University of Virginia Health System Byline: University of Virginia Health System

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• University of Virginia Architecture Students Seek to Save Sanatorium Site.

  - 2002-05-22

  By Carlos Santos, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News May 22--CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.--The University of Virginia's plan to demolish the Blue Ridge Tuberculosis Sanatorium is being assailed by the school's own architecture students, who uncovered its potential historic importance. ...

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• MDeverywhere Platform in Use at Three Top-Ranked U.S. Hospitals

  - 2000-09-27

  Business Editors/Medical Writers DURHAM, N.C.--BUSINESS WIRE--Sept. 27, 2000 Market Leader in High-Tech Tools for Doctors is Selected for Expertise, Innovation MDeverywhereTM, the mobile computing platform providing healthcare solutions at the point-of-care, has been selected to provide its services to some of America's top hospitals. The...

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• Learning Gets Personal as Healthcare Professionals Go Back to School at Pri-Med East

  - 2000-09-13

  Business/Technology Editors & Health Writers Pri-Med East BOSTON--BW HealthWire--Sept. 13, 2000 mypatient.com Gives Healthcare Professionals the Convenient and Effective Learning Experience They're Looking For Learning for healthcare professionals just got easier with the new, enhanced mypatient.com, which bridges innovative Internet technology with the familiarity of...

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• Poll finds support for limiting heroic medicine.

  - 1995-01-09

  Heroic medicine should be limited when a patient's condition is medically hopeless, according to a survey of 503 Virginians. The study, which was conducted by the University of Virginia's Center for Biomedical Ethics, found that 77% supported stopping treatment for patients who would not survive more than a week. Respondents...

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• Respirators and TB protection

  - 1994-09-01

  Outbreaks of multidrug resistant tuberculosis led the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the US to propose using high-efficiency particulate air filters HEPA respirators in isolation procedures against tuberculosis. Each HEPA respirator costs 10 times more than respirators currently used. The University of Virginia Health Sciences have conducted...

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