Subject:                                MCH In the News for the Week of October 12, 2012

 

This weekly recap provided on behalf of the marketing team by Nancy Humbert, Chief Hospitality Officer, Senior Vice President of Strategic Business Planning & Public Affairs and Marcia Diaz de Villegas, Administrative Director, Marketing, Outreach and Public Relations.

 

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MCH Mentions in the News for the Week of October 12, 2012

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Television:

 

Terapias Para Tartamudos

Telemundo Network/Al Rojo Vivo

La tartamudez puede convertirse en fobia social.

 

S. Fla. Girl's Band-Aid Drive Ignites Hope In Young Cancer Patients
CBS Local
Bella needed a lot of help to bring in all the boxes of Band-Aids, about 2500 boxes, into Miami Children's Hospital. They were sent in from all over the country and the world featuring children's characters like Barbie and Dora the Explorer.

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Intensive Care Units at Miami Children’s Hospital Receive Three Beacon Awards for Excellence

South Florida Hospital News

Miami Children’s Hospital’s (MCH) Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) have each received a Gold Beacon Award for excellence from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). MCH’s Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU) has received AACN’S Silver Beacon Award for excellence

 

Miami Children's Hospital Selects CareCloud's Cloudbased Revenue ...
IT Briefing

Founded in 1950 by Variety Clubs International Miami Children's Hospital® is South Florida's only licensed specialty hospital exclusively for children with ...

As seen in:

HealthCare IT News

Yahoo Finance

HeraldOnline

Istock Analyst

Individual.com

NewsBlaze

Reuters

Business Wire

EON

Freshnews.com

HealthCareITNews

Sys-Con Canada

Sys-Con Media

 

Half Of Children With Autism Wander, Study Says

Huffington Post

It doesn't go into depth about all of the reasons why it happens," said Dr. Roberto Tuchman, director of the autism and neurodevelopment program at Miami Children's Hospital's Dan Marino Center. "What it does say is that elopement is a very big and ...


Miami Children’s Hospital and the Nicklaus Children’s Healthcare Foundation Announce Opening of Miami Children’s Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center at Legacy Place

South Florida Hospital News

Miami Children’s Hospital and the Nicklaus Children’s Healthcare Foundation are pleased to announce the opening of pediatric rehabilitation services at the new Miami Children's Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center in Palm Beach Gardens. The services now offered include physical, occupational and speech-language therapies. Additional pediatric medical services will be available at the site soon, including after-hours urgent care and pediatric imaging services, such as MRI.

 

Fresh Blood as Good as Older Blood for Preemie Transfusions: Study

The current standard treatment for infants is to use blood that is less than 28 days old, said Dr. Hernan Cruz, academic director of the neonatal intensive care unit at Miami Children's Hospital. "Most of the babies in the standard group were transfused with blood that was not that old -- an average of 14 days," Cruz said. "That makes the conclusion a little weak. Whether there is a benefit of using fresh blood versus old blood is still a debate."

As seen in:

U.S. News & World Report

MSN

Newsday, NY

Philadelphia Inquirer

U.S. HHS

Everyday Health

The Healthcast

Healthday

Drugs.com

Health Finder

MedBroadcast

Medicine.Net

 

Mercury Expsure in Womb Linked to ADHD Symptoms

CNN Health

That said, it would be difficult to design a mercury-exposure study more rigorous than this one, since for ethical reasons pregnant women could not be selectively exposed to high levels of mercury, which is known to be toxic to the developing fetus, says Dr. Elza Vasconcellos, M.D., a pediatric neurologist at Miami Children's Hospital

 

Kids With Hemophilia Should Be Active, But Avoid Risky Sports: Study
Moderate exercise is very important and helps kids with hemophilia develop stronger muscles and joints and is highly recommended, but vigorous activity is the question mark,” said Dr. Ziad Khatib, a pediatric hematologist at Miami Children's Hospital…

As seen in:

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT

MSN

NEWSDAY, NY

HEALTH MAGAZINE

U.S. HHS

EVERYDAY HEALTH

HEALTHDAY

 

Heart of a Champion spans Generations

Nicklaus.com

The foundation has benefited sick children in southern Florida (Miami Children's Hospital), in his native Columbus (Nationwide Children's Hospital) and through various grants. Funds have been raised through golf endeavors, including "The Jake," a tournament at The Bear's Club that is in memory of Jake Walter Nicklaus, their 17-month-old grandson who tragically died in 2005.

 

HHS Medal of Honor for Organ Donation Hospital Awards
HRSA.gov

Lee Memorial Hospital, Fort Myers, FL. Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL. North side Hospital, Saint Petersburg, FL. ORHS-Arnold Palmer Hospital, Orlando ...

 

Miami Marlins' Logan Morrison a finalist for prestigious Hutch Award for community service
South Florida Sun-Sentinel

...July as part of a Marlins campaign to raise funds for the Miami Children’s Hospital and he later hosted 70 children from the Kids Cancer Camp as ...

 

Hospital Project Encourages Young Cancer Patients
NBC Bay Area

Hospital Project Encourages Young Cancer Patients Miami Children’s Hospitals "Bald, Brave, Beautiful" project helps children like Alberto Hernandez, battling bone cancer, ...

 

Project Insight Presents HOPE expo
The Valley Town Crier
Daniela has worked in acute care with individuals diagnosed with a variety of critical illnesses and conditions at Mercy Hospital and Miami Children's Hospital in Miami, FL. Daniela currently offers personalized dietary services all designed to manage ...

 

JFK emergency room to open this month in Midtown
Palm Beach Post

The Miami Children’s Hospital Nicklaus Outpatient Center partially opened in September in Legacy Place, about a mile east of Midtown

 

The best of the week
Sun-Sentinel
Batman will ditch his Batmobile for a bicycle (Bat-cycle?) during Saturday's 2nd annual Superhero Bike Ride in downtown Miami, in which costumed superheroes and villains peddle through Coconut Crove. Sponsored by Emerge Miami, the critical mass begins at 10 a.m. at University MetroRail Station, 5400 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Miami, and continues toward Grove Farmers Market and later to Miami Children's Hospital, where costumed volunteers will gift sick children with comic books. RSVP to Emerge Miami at 305-791-4404, or visit ComicEd.org.

 

'Bald, Brave, Beautiful' offers encouragement to kids battling cancer
WVLA-TV
NBC NATIONAL NEWS — One of the most noticeable side effects of cancer treatment is losing your hair, but Miami Children's Hospital is doing something about it. The hospital has created a "Bald Brave Beautiful" project that helps empower kids like ...

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