Art of Glass
Artist Rod Sounik talks about the spontaneity of glass blowing and shaping.
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Ohio Hospitals and Businesses Lead Effort to Reduce Medical Errors
Ohio hospitals and businesses are working together on a new drive to cut down on two threats to patients when they’re in hospitals — infections and medication errors. The hospitals plan to share information with each other about what practices work best.
Vets Need Better Healthcare
The number of American soldiers killed during the war in Iraq has reached 4,000. Thousands more have been wounded. Many of those vets and other vets from past years end up at V.A. Hosptials. After a recent visit to an out of state V.A. Hospital, WOSU Commentator Michael Ivey says veterans’ healthcare has a lot of room for improvement.
Westerville Police Probe Death at St. Ann’s Hospital
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An autopsy was completed Monday in what authorities are calling a suspicious death at St. Ann’s Hospital.
Internal disputes slow OSU Med Center expansion
A consultants’ report commissioned by Ohio State says fighting among physicians could jeopardize the OSU Medical Center and the James Cancer Center. The internal rifts have slowed the most expensive project in university history, the $780 million expansion of the medical center.
Honk if you love research: Classic car donation funds cancer studies
Richard Solove in his 1931 Rolls Royce Phantom-- his first classic car and the only one he will keep. He donated his unique assembly of Silver Ghosts to the James Cancer Hospital.
A Columbus philanthropist donates to Ohio State University’s James Cancer Hospital, but not merely in dollars. In August, a unique collection of classic Rolls Royce cars will be auctioned to benefit cancer research.
“Domino” heart transplant recipient dies at Columbus Children’s Hospital
Jason Wolfe
Last January two central Ohio babies became the youngest in the world to undergo a heart “domino” transplant. It’s a transplant where organs from one patient are transplanted to another patient, and then organs from the second patient are transplanted to a third. But on Monday one of the patients died after an extended hospital stay.
Area youngsters look to babysitting for summer income.
Depending on their experience, young people can earn anywhere from three to fifteen dollars watching other people’s children.
Hospitals use new technology to communicate with patients
Each year millions of non-English speaking people visit emergency rooms across the US seeking medical care. Interpreters are often needed to bridge doctor-patient language gap, but it’s not always that easy. Interpreters are expensive and often hard to find. But a new instant interpreter service holds hope for significantly improving the process.
Columbus Hospital Using “Human Patient Simulators” to Teach Physcians in Training
Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus is using sophisticated human patient simulators’ to help teach health care professionals. In its Center for Medical Education and Innovation doctors and nurses learn to respond to thousands of health care issues.
Mount Carmel, Fairfield Medical Center move forward on planned Canal Winchester hospital
Mount Carmel and the Fairfield Medical Center Friday agreed to move forward with plans to build a new hospital in Canal Winchester. The boards from both organizations voted to form a joint venture to study the feasibility of a 65-bed hospital near Route 33.
