News Archive
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Expansion Project Announced
December 14, 2010
Palms West Hospital and the Children’s Hospital at Palms West received funding for a $16 million expansion project that will increase the capacity of the hospital from 165 to 196 operational beds.
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Parents Urged to Have "Medical Home" for Children
November 22, 2010
The Children’s Hospital at Palms West wants to stress the importance of a “medical home” for your child.
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HCA & USF Health Working Together to Improve Trauma Care in Florida
November 15, 2010
HCA and USF Health announced today that they are forming a statewide trauma network dedicated to improving access to quality trauma care and services in Florida.
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World Breastfeeding Week
October 28, 2010
Last week Palms West Hospital celebrated World Breastfeeding Week, October 10th through 16th.
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Two Milestones in Robotic Surgery
October 28, 2010
Palms West Hospital marked two milestones in Robotic Surgery in September.
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Palms West Hospital Performs First Cardiac Intervention Case
October 15, 2010
Interventional Cardiologist, Dr. Mark Rothenberg, performed the hospital’s first case of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) under the licensed program of Level 1 Adult Cardiovascular Services.
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Palms West Hospital’s new Technology, Airstrip OB, Allows Physicians to monitor vitals of women in labor on Smart Phones
September 20, 2010
Palms West Hospital is proud to announce that we have recently started using the new technology, Airstrip OB. This technology delivers vital patient waveform data, including fetal heartbeat and maternal contraction patterns, in virtual real-time directly from the hospital labor and delivery unit to a doctor’s smart phone.
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Physicians at Palms West Hospital Perform First Robot Assisted Surgery Cases in the Western Communities
May 19, 2010
Physicians at Palms West Hospital became the first in the Western Communities to implement the next generation of minimally invasive surgery by utilizing the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System in early May.
