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03/05/2017
Congratulations to Long-Term Cath Lab Technologist and CLD Editorial Board Member Gerry Lagasse, RCIS, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, on his well-deserved retirement!
Congratulations to Long-Term Cath Lab Technologist and CLD Editorial Board Member Gerry Lagasse, RCIS, Borgess Medical Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan, on his well-deserved retirement!
Congratulations to Long-Term...
03/05/2017
Cath Lab Digest
02/06/2017

Tom Harmon, Vice President, SpringBoard Healthcare
Phoenix, Arizona

Tom Harmon, Vice President, SpringBoa...
Considered the gold standard of wage surveys for the industry, the 2016-2017 Cath Lab, EP, and IR Wage Survey was designed to provide comprehensive insight into the salaries and wages of employees in that sector. 
Considered the gold standard of wage surveys for the industry, the 2016-2017 Cath Lab, EP, and IR Wage Survey was designed to provide comprehensive insight into the salaries and wages of employees in that sector. 
Considered the gold standard of...
02/06/2017
Cath Lab Digest
Your Path to Success: Expert Advice
11/03/2015

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amy Newell, Vice President, Corazon, ...
Early in my career as a radiologic technologist (RT), I spent many years dedicated to saving lives as a team member in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. I fondly recall, throughout those years, the week each November where RTs were...
Early in my career as a radiologic technologist (RT), I spent many years dedicated to saving lives as a team member in the cardiac catheterization laboratory. I fondly recall, throughout those years, the week each November where RTs were...
Early in my career as a...
11/03/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical and Industry News
09/07/2015

First in New England to establish growing program

First in New England to establish gro...
The Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute of Connecticut School of Invasive Cardiovascular Technology at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, recently received programmatic accreditation from the national...
The Hoffman Heart and Vascular Institute of Connecticut School of Invasive Cardiovascular Technology at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center, Hartford, Connecticut, recently received programmatic accreditation from the national...
The Hoffman Heart and Vascular...
09/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
09/07/2015

Cynthia Grush, BSN, RN, Clinical Educator, Adele Serio, MSN, RN, RCIS, Clinical Director, Penrose-St. Francis Medical Center, Vascular Center of Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Cynthia Grush, BSN, RN, Clinical Educ...
It is through years of frustration and inability to maintain optimal employee skills in all service lines that a successful competency program was developed. 
It is through years of frustration and inability to maintain optimal employee skills in all service lines that a successful competency program was developed. 
It is through years of...
09/07/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Cath Lab Management
04/30/2015

John Carroll, CEO, Cardiac Partners, Tucson, Arizona

John Carroll, CEO, Cardiac Partners, ...
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to manage their cardiovascular service line may be the best option for providers, especially for the high-cost cardiac cath lab.
Adopting a dyad structure to...
04/30/2015
Cath Lab Digest
02/26/2015
This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest...
02/26/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
01/21/2015
For the first time in the history of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), we now invite our partners in the lab to become members of the SCAI. We work together, play together, and now learn together as...
For the first time in the history of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), we now invite our partners in the lab to become members of the SCAI. We work together, play together, and now learn together as...
For the first time in the...
01/21/2015
Cath Lab Digest
01/19/2015

This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate...

This month, Cath Lab Digest would lik...
This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest would like to congratulate…
This month, Cath Lab Digest...
01/19/2015
Cath Lab Digest
Clinical Editor's Corner
12/05/2014

Compiled by Morton J. Kern with contributions from: Robert Applegate, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; David Cohen, Kansas City, Missouri; Larry Dean, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington; Andrew Doorey, Christiana Hospital, Newark, Delaware; Kirk Garrett, Lenox Hill, New York City, New York; John Hirshfeld, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Lloyd Klein, Chicago, Illinois; Mitch Krucoff, Raleigh, North Carolina; Gus Pichard, Washington, D.C.; Mike Ragosta, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia; Molly Szerlip, Dallas, Texas; Barry Uretsky, University of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas; George Vetrovec, Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Bonnie Weiner, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, Massachusetts; Alan Yeung, Stanford University, Stanford, California.

Compiled by Morton J. Kern with contr...
Do people think it's okay for the attending to be outside in the monitor area, intermittently engaged in other activities while trainees do cases?
Do people think it's okay for the attending to be outside in the monitor area, intermittently engaged in other activities while trainees do cases?
Do people think it's okay for...
12/05/2014
Cath Lab Digest