Cedars-Sinai Health System news and information

The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded $1.3 million to the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, for an ongoing study of stem-cell therapy for heart-attack patients.
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With potential whistle-blowers lurking in every operating room in the country, hospital executives must become more vigilant in actively seeking out and investigating medical procedures that could be construed as unnecessary, medical and legal experts say.
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Veteran informaticist Dr. Scott Weingarten took to the podium right after breakfast to announce that the healthcare reform had been upheld.
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, hospital to Hollywood's rich and glamorous, is adding another star to its own personal walk of fame. Already home to the Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program, the Johnnie L. Cochran Jr. Brain Tumor Center, and a cascading water sculpture named “George and...
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Dr. David Rimoin, director of the Cedars-Sinai Medical Genetics Institute in Los Angeles, died May 27 after having been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer several weeks earlier. He was 75.
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Excela Health entered the Great Recession as the largest mental health provider for the Pennsylvania county that's home to its three hospitals.
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Cedars-Sinai Medical Center will close its inpatient and outpatient psychiatry programs over the next year, a move prompted by significant shifts in the healthcare system, hospital officials said.
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Several years ago, a physician at Scripps Health launched a pilot program that used a patient's body mass index to measure dose for a computed tomography scan.
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The Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery announced Dr. Michael Alexander as the group's president-elect.
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The Joint Commission touted the value of the metrics underlying its annual list of top-performing hospitals, saying the measures continue to play an important role in motivating quality improvement, while some hospitals left off the list are questioning its relevance.
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