orthopedics

Nine year old water skier’s leg saved in a boat propeller accident

Dalton Northway loves to water ski. Ending his 4th grade year this past May, his family was up at their lake home when a boat propeller accident turned a great day sour. Dalton fell under a running boat propeller and suffered serious injuries. Quick thinking, teamwork and emergency and police response expertise fell into motion,…

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Falling is not a normal part of aging

By Julie Philbrook, RN, DNP, MAN, MAL Falls are the leading cause of trauma-related injury and death among those age 65 and older. Every year, more than 2.3 million non-fatal fall injuries among older adults are treated in emergency departments in the US resulting in more than 734,000 patients being hospitalized. The direct medical costs…

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New Clinic & Specialty Center video tour with Dr. David Hilden

Construction on the HCMC Clinic & Specialty Center is moving along at a rapid pace, and we’re on track to open March 26, 2018. The new six-story facility will bring together outpatient clinics and ancillary services that are currently located across nine buildings on our downtown campus. By locating all of these services in one…

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Redesigning the patient experience

Preparing to move to the new Clinic and Specialty Center next April is much more than packing boxes and moving the equipment to a new location. In reality, it represents a tremendous opportunity to rethink clinic flow, standardize the process and determine what it will take to deliver the best experience for our patients and the most…

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