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November 11, 2024
James P. Higgins, MD, is selected among an international field of hand surgeons for pioneering work. BALTIMORE— James P. Higgins, MD, chief of MedStar Health’s Curtis National Hand Center&...
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July 16, 2020During the peak of the spring 2020 COVID-19 outbreak, MedStar Health conducted more than 4,500 telehealth encounters each weekday to ensure safe and efficient care for our patients, providers, and communities. By May 1, the system had reached the significant milestone of more than 100,000 telehealth sessions delivered in total during the pandemic. -
July 06, 2020Study data may explain why COVID-19 patients with clinically recognized predisposing factors like obesity, diabetes, liver, kidney and heart disease have more severe disease WASHINGTON –A study ...
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July 01, 2020
New safety protocol allowed all transplants and related services to continue uninterrupted. WASHINGTON, D.C. — During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, MedStar Georgetown Transplant Institute...
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June 25, 2020
Initially established in January 2016, the MedStar Simulation Training & Education Lab (SiTEL)’s Mobile Simulation Lab has played a critical role in MedStar Health’s response...
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June 24, 2020
The only hospital in the Washington Metropolitan Area, and one of approximately 21 hospitals in the country with five or more Beacon Award Units Washington, D.C. – The American Association of Cr...
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June 15, 2020
Patients 80% less likely to experience urinary incontinence 12 months following surgery Washington, D.C. — Retzius-sparing robotic prostatectomy, an innovative surgical approach to treat men wit...
