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Why Do We Do What We Do?

11/01/2015

C. Jane Haddox, RT
CVIR Education
www.cvir-ed.com.

C. Jane Haddox, RT CVIR Education www...

We’ve all been there. You’re on call and come in at 2 am or so. Then, you get up to be back at work at 7 am.

We’ve all been there. You’re on...

11/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

They Call It a “Huddle” or Leitungsbesprechung!

09/07/2015

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, M...

A huddle can be a tool to increase patient care and efficiency in the cath lab.

A huddle can be a tool to...

09/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Innovation

What Can Happen When Clinicians and Medical Engineers Get Together?

09/07/2015

Matt Lazenby, Product Development Manager, Adept Medical, and Mark Webster MB ChB, Interventional Cardiologist, Auckland, New Zealand

Matt Lazenby, Product Development Man...

Medical product development and manufacturing companies are always looking for novel, clinician-led product ideas. The ideas described here are all low-tech solutions that improve work flow and address real user needs.

Medical product development and...

09/07/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Editorial

Re: “Mean Girls of the ER: The Alarming Nurse Culture of Bullying and Hazing”

08/01/2015

Article by Alexandra Robbins in the May 2015 issue of Marie Claire. Available online at: http://www.marieclaire.com/culture/news/a14211/mean-girls-of-the-er/

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA, RCIS, Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab, Piedmont Medical Center, Rock Hill, South Carolina, shares his response to this Marie Claire article from a cath lab perspective. This letter was originally written to his staff at Piedmont Medical Center.

Article by Alexandra Robbins in the M...

Marshall W. Ritchey, MS, MBA,...

08/01/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

How to Find and Train Inexperienced Staff to Work in the Cardiac Cath Lab

04/30/2015

Michael Robbins, BSN, RN-BC, Clinical Nurse Educator, Miami Cardiac & Vascular Institute, Miami, Florida

Michael Robbins, BSN, RN-BC, Clinical...

Sounds pretty easy, right? In reality, it is a very difficult task to find and train inexperienced staff to work in the cardiac cath lab.

Sounds pretty easy, right? In...

04/30/2015

Cath Lab Digest

Cath Lab Management

The Art of Leadership

04/03/2015

Dona M. Hoffman, RN, BSN, MHA, BC-NE, Manager Invasive & Noninvasive Cardiac Services and Interventional Radiology, Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois

Dona M. Hoffman, RN, BSN, MHA, BC-NE,...

Although leaders must meet budgets and address fiscal imperatives, the art of leadership is ultimately about positively impacting others, which in turn has the potential to positively impact healthcare outcomes.

Although leaders must meet...

04/03/2015

Cath Lab Digest