Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang is a Cardiac Surgeon and Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Surgery at the Florence Wormald Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Elizabeth. He sees patients in Edgewood. This article is provided by St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Q: What does a cardiac surgeon do? When should people seek help from one? A: Cardiac surgeons […]
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SPONSORED: Advances in Cardiac Surgery with Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang
Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang is a Cardiac Surgeon and Director of Mitral Valve and Heart Failure Surgery at the Florence Wormald Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Elizabeth. He sees patients in Edgewood. This article is provided by St. Elizabeth Healthcare. Q: What does a cardiac surgeon do? When should people seek help from one? A: Cardiac surgeons […]
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Campbell County Schools first in region to offer telehealth services
Campbell County Schools now offers virtual school-based telehealth visits through St. Elizabeth Healthcare for students starting this school year. Telehealth visits can be set up for students with non-emergent health issues who will be seen by a physician via the computer while the student is at school. With parent permission, the school health provider will […]
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Thomas More unveils St. Elizabeth College of Natural and Health Sciences
On Friday, Sept. 30, Thomas More unveiled its first named college, the St. Elizabeth College of Natural and Health Sciences. The naming of the college is not transactional in nature, but rather intended to recognize the long-standing partnership between the two diocesan institutions, according to an announcement from Thomas More. “In naming the St. Elizabeth […]
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St. Elizabeth launching Innovation Center
St. Elizabeth Healthcare is launching the Innovation Center to bolster the healthcare industry for its patients. St. Elizabeth recently announced the new Innovation Center “to spur internal innovation and propel the System to build, invest in and/or partner with organizations transforming the healthcare industry,” according to a press release from St. Elizabeth. The center will […]
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St. Elizabeth Fort Thomas receives second Lantern Award
The emergency department at St. Elizabeth Healthcare Fort Thomas has been honored as a Lantern Award recipient for the second time. The Lantern Award recognizes emergency departments that demonstrate a notable performance in leadership, practice, education, advocacy, and research. Vera Hall, senior vice president, chief patient care officer, and chief nursing executive at St. Elizabeth […]
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St. Elizabeth Florence undergoing major renovation
St. Elizabeth Healthcare in Florence is in the middle of expanding the hospital with an addition that will be completed by fall 2023.
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Summit panel tackles strategies for diversity, inclusion
“I remember 25 years ago, the idea of having a conversation like this … If we had talked about having a diversity summit, people would have said we lost our mind and excused us from the meeting,” said John Hawkins, president and CEO of MPI Consulting. “And yet, here we are today.” Hawkins was one […]
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St. Elizabeth surpasses 20,000 lung cancer screening milestone
St. Elizabeth Healthcare has now administered over 20,000 lung cancer screenings, a groundbreaking milestone for the regional healthcare provider. Their low-dose CT lung cancer screening program began in 2013 and has continued to grow since then. “We screened seven patients in 2013 and more than 6,000 patients in 2021,” Michael Gieske, Director of the St. […]
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NKU Receives Grant to Help Expand Telehealth Medicine in Rural Communities
The Health Innovation Center at Northern Kentucky University. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced it is awarding a grant to Northern Kentucky University (NKU) aimed at expanding telehealth and telemedicine resources in rural communities in the Northern Kentucky region. The grant, worth $182,792, will allow NKU to help St. Elizabeth Healthcare to expand […]