Welcome to Lutheran HealthCare's news and events page! Lutheran's health system is not just a collection of buildings, machines and beds, but a staff of talented, creative and committed people who serve the community in a wide variety of ways. Here, you will find the latest Lutheran news.
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Lutheran’s Chief Nursing Officer Explains Social Media for Nurse Managers
Rosanne Raso, R.N., SVP for Nursing Services, explains social media benefits and implications for nurse managers in the Journal of Nursing Management. The article provides a great overview for any manager. "As nurse managers," she explains, "we should stay connected."
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Health Care Reform: Finding Balance and Preserving Safety Net Hospitals
LHC President and CEO Wendy Z. Goldstein explains the important role safety net hospitals play within the health care ecosystem at HANYS' 42nd Annual Conference. The special Medicaid Reform Panel also included Richard Daines, M.D., N.Y.S. commissioner of health; Michael Cropp, M.D., president and CEO, Independent Health; and Kenneth Adams, president and CEO, The Business Council of N.Y.S.
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LMC Opens New Vascular Laboratory
Lutheran Medical Center's new Vascular Laboratory offers comprehensive vascular imaging examinations to assist with the early detection of acute and chronic circulatory diseases.
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Expansion of Services at the LHC Medical Arts Pavilion
Lutheran Medical Center has expanded services at the LHC Medical Arts Pavilion to include consultations for Radiation Oncology and Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery. Audrey Saitta, M.D., senior vice president and chair, Radiation Oncology, and Michael Gerling, M.D., board certified orthopedic and spine surgeon, join roster of experienced physicians.
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Food Network Chef and Author, Daisy Martinez, to Guest Judge LFHC’s National Health Center Week Healthy Cook-off!
LFHC will host a Wellness Fair on August 10 in honor of National Health Center Week. Lutheran defines health as the total well-being of the community and its residents. That's why we're starting right here, with our employees and neighbors. The highlight of the event will be a healthy cook-off, brought to you by
Lutheran staff. The competition will feature celebrity guest judge, Food
Network star and author, Daisy Martinez!
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Sixth Annual 25 Year Club Celebration
On June 3, Lutheran held its sixth annual 25 Year Club Dinner at the Rex Manor. Seventeen employees who reach their 25th year of service in 2010 were recognized as new inductees.
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LHC Unveils 127th Anniversary Video
Produced in loving memory of Walter Jensen for his 34 years of faithful service, our 2010 anniversary video will speak to your heart.
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LHC's 127th Anniversary Dinner Dance Raises Over $1.2 Million
Lutheran HealthCare was the big winner at its black tie casino night fundraiser. Attended by more than 900 partygoers, the 127th Anniversary Dinner Dance raised over $1.2 million to benefit the implementation of the medical center's electronic medical record (EMR) system.
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LMC's Cardiac Center Earns Praise
The May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Cardiology Center has recently earned some high praise from a very special person, its first elective PCI patient! Domenico Martinelli, pictured with his Lutheran caregivers, took a few minutes during his stay at LMC to thank the 4A, CCL, and nursing education RNs earlier this month. As you can see in the photo, everyone was pleased! Congratulations to the Cardiology Center team!
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NETS, Health Plus and LFHC Host Basketball Clinic for Local School Children to Fight Obesity
On Tuesday, March 2, the NETS teamed up with the Lutheran Family Health Centers and Health Plus to host a basketball clinic at Sunset Park High School for 100 children from six area schools.
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LFHC AIDS Clinic Medical Director Reflects on Haiti Mission
Marcelo Venegas-Pizarro, M.D. arrived to Port-Au-Prince amidst the ruins and people out in the streets. Makeshift signs that read "We Need Help..food, water, medications," could be seen every couple of blocks. Makeshift tents of sheets strung across wooden poles dotted the streets.
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LMC Orthopedic Chief on Haiti Medical Relief Mission
On Jan. 22, Dr. Tom Lyon, physician chief of Orthopedic Trauma at Lutheran Medical Center, traveled with a team of 19 medical and surgical professionals to Hospital Eleazar Germaine on a relief mission to help those affected by the Haitian earthquake.
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NETS and Health Plus Team up to Fight Pediatric Obesity
For the second year in a row, Lutheran Family Health Centers teamed up with the NBA's NETS and Health Plus to Shoot for Better Health in Brooklyn schools. Endorsed by the American Diabetes Association, this unique initiative is aimed at reducing obesity and obesity related chronic diseases in children.
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Community Empowerment Program’s Celebration of Achievement
Lutheran Family Health Centers' Community Empowerment Program recently held a Celebration of Achievement, honoring students who have worked to fulfill their educational goals.
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Lutheran Family Health Centers’ Patient Navigator Program Serves as a National Demonstration Project
LFHC (one of the nation's largest federally qualified community health center networks) has launched an innovative patient navigator program to help patients with a chronic illness access quality health services, embrace positive health behaviors, and navigate complex treatment regimens. Lutheran's program will specifically focus on adults with diabetes and children who are at risk of developing diabetes.
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Follow us on Twitter @LutheranHC
Hey there! Lutheran HealthCare is using Twitter. Twitter is a free service that lets you keep in touch through the exchange of quick, very-short, text updates (Tweets). Start receiving our updates @LutheranHC today.
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LMC’S Trauma Center Celebrates Ten Years Since its Level I Designation
Lutheran Medical Center is pleased to announce that this March marks ten years since its Level I Trauma Center opened.
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Nets Host Basketball Clinic to Help Kids Improve Fitness
On Friday, February 27, the Nets teamed up with the Lutheran Family Health Centers and Health Plus to host a basketball clinic at the Park Slope Education Complex at Middle School 88.
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Lutheran Takes the Operating Room to Area Schools
Lutheran Medical Center recently introduced OR to the Schools, a program designed to provide students at area schools exposure to operating room professions and procedures through role play, resulting in a hands-on and fun-filled learning experience.
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2009: The Year of the Blood Donor at Lutheran Medical Center
Lutheran Medical Center has launched a yearlong community awareness campaign to encourage Brooklynites to donate blood at the hospital's blood donor room.
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Lutheran's Perioperative Conference A Huge Success
Lutheran's Perioperative Nursing Conference was a huge success. The first of its kind in the area, the conference attracted 250 attendees from 44 hospitals.
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Say Boo! to The Flu
This flu season, The Lutheran Family Health Centers and the Dominican Sisters Family Health Service, Inc. teamed up with the Visiting Nurse Associations of America, Families Fighting Flu and The Clorox Company to help families Say "Boo!" to the Flu.
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Support services that strengthen families
Ana Hernandez was at the Park Slope Family Health Center with one of her daughters when she spotted a flyer advertising the JET to Success Program. That is how Ana, a stay-at-home mom for 22 years, became a certified nurse assistant.
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Lutheran's Own Unsung Hero
Dhanpat has only one name and no one ever forgets it. "Dhan" as he's called, is Lutheran Medical Center's celebrity Patient Care Technician. In 2006 he was featured in the Daily News as one of "New York's 50 Unsung Heroes." More recently Dhan appeared on "The Art of Living," a television show that showcases people over 60 doing great things.
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Alternative Medicine
Katie Allison delivered an 8-pound, 4-ounce baby girl without any medication. Instead she chose acupuncture. The mother of three was selected at random to receive free acupuncture during labor. Lutheran's promising new research suggests acupuncture, when administered during labor and delivery, provides for a smoother labor and fewer Cesarean sections.
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Advancements in Orthopedics
Before his accident, Chi Wai Lam went to work every day at a hardware store in Sunset Park, played with his two young children and lived a happy, healthy life. All that changed one winter day in 2006, when his lower left leg was shattered. Chi was rushed to Lutheran's Level I Trauma Center where surgeons spent hours carefully extracting pieces of wood from the wound.
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