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History of Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital has a rich tradition of medical excellence and exceptional health care and respects the religious beliefs of each team member and patient. In honor of the first day of Hanukkah, we’re taking a look at the history of the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis and the ways this important holiday has been celebrated [...]
Rosie O’Donnell heart attack raises women and heart disease awareness
Talk show host and actress Rosie O’Donnell helped raise awareness of women’s heart disease risk yesterday by posting on her blog news of her recent heart attack: “maybe this is a heart attack … i googled womens heart attack symptoms … i had many of them … but really? – i thought – naaaa” It turned out she had a [...]
Barnes-Jewish among many to face Medicare penalties
An article in today’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch highlights new Medicare penalties many hospitals across the nation will face starting this October. The story is an important one. As you may know, the Hospital Readmission Reduction Program under the Affordable Care Act will penalize hospitals with excessive readmissions for acute myocardial infarction, heart failure and [...]
Barnes-Jewish part of national effort to improve breastfeeding rates
We’re excited to share Barnes-Jewish Hospital has been selected to participate in Best Fed Beginnings, a first-of-its-kind national effort to significantly improve breastfeeding rates in states where rates are currently the lowest. Although breastfeeding is one of the most effective preventive health measures for infants and mothers, half of US-born babies are given formula within the first week, [...]
It starts with you and me
The following letter to the Bowling Green Times is reprinted with permission from Carrie Anne Mitchell: Not long ago, I was one of the 36 women that took advantage of a free mammography screening on July 18. With a history of breast cancer on my mother’s side of the family, I made an appointment with [...]
As School Year Begins, Be Aware of HCM
It may sound soon, but for many the new school year starts in early August. With so many going in for football and soccer practice, we want you to be watchful of a dangerous heart condition that kills several high school athletes every year — HCM or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. It’s a genetic condition in which during the teen [...]
Dr. Lukas Wartman Story Gains National Attention
Over the past couple of weeks, the story of oncologist and cancer survivor Lukas Wartman, MD, has gained much national attention. Dr. Wartman, was diagnosed with leukemia and through an analysis of his genes by Washington University researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center, oncologists were able to develop a therapy specific to Dr. Wartman that [...]
Pharmacy Program Helps Students Find "BESt" Careers
Along with a nursing shortage, the United States is also suffering a shortage of pharmacists. People are living longer and requiring more medications, which is increasing demands on the pharmacy industry. Steven Player and Isaac Butler are more aware of the problem than most because they’re working to fix it. Both are pharmacists themselves – [...]
THURSDAY UPDATE: Water Main Break at Barnes-Jewish
It’s business as usual today at Barnes-Jewish – thanks to our dedicated team members who have worked hard to move patients safely out of Queeny Tower. A water main break yesterday caused the Queeny Tower sub basement to flood, knocking out power. Although some power has been restored, it will take some time for the [...]
UPDATE: Water Main Break at Barnes-Jewish
It has been an unusual Independence Day at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. As you may have seen on the news, this morning a water main break at the corner of Kingshighway and Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza closed off traffic to our hospital and had some impact on our operations. Officials with the St. Louis City Water Department have isolated [...]
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