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+++++++++++++++++++++++++ + + +++++++++++++++++++++++++ HOSPITAL ROUNDS +++ +++ iWhat's New MINNEAPOLIS HEART INSTITUTE FOUNDATION PUBLISHES RIATA SUMMIT VIDEO ARCHIVE The Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation and Mayo Clinic posted video presenta- tions from the Riata ICD Lead Summit on the meeting website at www.mplsheart.org/riata. Videos from all of the Summit's presentations and two panel sessions are now available. The conference, held Jan. 20, 2012, in Minneapolis, brought together clinical lead- ers from more than 22 states to discuss the recent Class I FDA recall on Riata and Riata ST implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) leads. Approximately 80,000 patients have Riata or Riata ST ICD leads in the United States. Presentations addressed current data on lead failure, fluoroscopic examination of Riata leads, extraction methods and follow-up options for patients with Riata leads. "We need more information to safely and effectively manage our Riata patients," says Robert G. Hauser, M.D., senior consulting cardiologist, Minneapolis Heart Institute at Abbott Northwestern Hospital. Dr. Hauser and David L. Hayes, M.D., professor of n Twin Cities Health Care medicine at Mayo Clinic, served as course directors for the summit. HEALTHEAST CARE SYSTEM ANNOUNCES NEW CEO Kathryn Correia The HealthEast Board of Directors has selected Kathryn Correia as the new President and CEO of HealthEast Care System. Correia will succeed Tim Hanson who, after 39 years with HealthEast, retired in January 2012. "Correia was chosen as the new leader of HealthEast based on her proven track record of passion for patient quality and safety and innovative care," says Fred Harris, Chair, HealthEast Care System Board of Directors. "The board believes she will be a good fit with the culture of HealthEast. We are excited and confident that she will provide the visionary and courageous leadership necessary to successfully guide HealthEast into a new world of health care delivery." Correia officially began her new role in early January 2012. REGIONS HOSPITAL SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCING PRESSURE ULCERS THROUGH PREVENTION PROGRAM Regions Hospital reported a 30% drop in pressure ulcers since it started an aggres- sive new program a year ago to improve patient comfort, improve care and reduce costs. Patients who develop pressure ulcers, more commonly called bedsores, can have an increased length of stay in the hospital. By some estimates, a serious pressure ulcer can cost hospitals an additional $30,000 per patient. At Regions Hospital, a multidisciplinary team started the pressure ulcer prevention program by looking into every possible case in which a patient may be at risk for getting a pressure ulcer. For instance, they looked at improvements in patient nutrition. The operating rooms incorporated a new, gel-based padding on the operating tables, and the team is conducting research to determine if prophylactic dressings placed on certain pressure points would help in prevention. Additional information is available at www.regionshospital.com. 8 | Twin Cities MD NEWS ■ MDNEWS.COM