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Blood test will identify if an individual has had a past COVID-19 infection (WATERTOWN, MA- May 21st, 2020) – For individuals wondering if they had the COVID-19 virus but did not know it at the time, the answer to that question is a simple blood test away. Steward Medical Group primary care offices, in partnership with onsite laboratories, are now offering antibody tests that can determine if a pe...
Alarming Trends in Emergency Care Physicians Urge People to Seek Emergency Care When Needed (Sebastian, FL May 11, 2020) There is an alarming trend in hospitals nation-wide. Emergency room visits are down in hospitals across the country and fear is playing a big role in the decision to go or not go to the emergency room. Individuals that may be suffering symptoms of a heart attack, stroke, falls a...
Melbourne/Sebastian/Rockledge – Melbourne, Sebastian and Rockledge Regional Medical Centers, Steward Family hospitals, today announced they will resume offering elective health care procedures previously delayed by the coronavirus pandemic. As part of its “Safe & Ready” program, the medical centers are taking additional, necessary preparations to ensure patients can receive high-quality, compa...
April 27 2020
Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care
Don't Delay Necessary Medical Care Steward Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center Urges Community to Seek Necessary Medical Care (Sebastian, Florida, April 20, 2020) - Our communities are currently finding themselves in unique circumstances. Normal day-to-day activities have changed dramatically, including the ways in which we interact with our physicians and local hospitals. Many individuals a...
Virtual Visits Designed to Mitigate the Spread of the Disease, Ease Concerns of Going to the Doctor’s Office
Steward Medical Group is offering telehealth video visits in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19). Patents can continue to receive the medical care they need without going to the doctor’s office. All you need is a smartphone, desktop, or laptop equipped with a web camera. Call your doctor’s office today if you need an appointment. Telehealth appointments are available for primary care and inter...
Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Dr. Joseph Weinstein, chief medical officer of Steward Health Care (@Steward), which has 35 hospitals in nine states, about moving towards dedicating one hospital in Boston as coronavirus-only treatment. This segment aired on March 18, 2020....
November 15 2019
Director of the Quarter Spotlight: James Hart
Director of the Quarter Spotlight Meet James Hart Materials Management Director at Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I began working in Materials Management November of 2017. Where did you attend school? University of Pittsburgh What inspired you to get into this field? I worked in surgery for a deca...
SEBASTIAN — A $65 million expansion of Sebastian Medical Center, that adds 48 private patient rooms, is scheduled for completion by the end of December.
August 5 2019
C.A.R.E.S. Employee of the Month: Kimberly Bohall
C.A.R.E.S. Employee of the Month Kimberly Bohall Executive Secretary/Policy Coordinator Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I have worked at Sebastian River Medical Center for almost six years. I started working in the cardiology department in 2013 and moved to the administration department about a year after. Currently, I’m the Executive Assistant for Seba...
Director of the Quarter Spotlight Meet Diana Spaulding HIM & Patient Access Director at Sebastian River Medical Center How long have you been at SRMC in this role? I’ve been the Health Information Management and Patient Access Director at Sebastian River for 17 months. Where did you attend school? Indian River State College What inspired you to get into this field? I worked in physician practi...
Recognition Demonstrates Steward Health Care’s Commitment to Deliver World Class Care and Exceptional Patient Experience
October 31 2018
New dialysis center aims patient centric approach
Medicine isn't always a numbers game. If it were we'd all probably be paying a lot more attention to end-stage renal disease or ESRD. More than 31 million Americans suffer from renal (kidney) disease and, according to the American Kidney Fund, nine out of ten people who are already in stage three of this five-stage disease don't even know they have it. Worse, the University of California San Franc...
The Florida Department of Health is adamant. Everyone should get vaccinated for influenza by the end of this month. Infectious disease Specialist Dr. Aisha Thomas- St. Cyr at Sebastian Infectious Disease Care and Steward Health agrees wholeheartedly with the FDH, saying "yes, I recommend everyone -6 months of age and up -get vaccinated." Why? Let's start with this: According to Dr. Robert Redfield...
October 9 2018
Surgeons favoring tourniquet-free knee replacements
Everybody has heard of tourniquets. In cases of traumatic bleeding, a tourniquet can save your life. In a total knee replacement procedure, however, there’s now ample evidence that tourniquets may actually do more harm than good. Sebastian River medical Center orthopedic surgeon Dr. Kenneth Sands has seen more than his share of traumatic bleeding after spending more than a dozen years as a U.S. A...
October 2 2018
Venous insufficiency: Straight talk about 'silent disease'
Venous insufficiency, says vascular and endovascular surgeon Dr. Hadi Shalhoub is, "the silent disease." That is probably one reason he is so vocal about it. Another is that, by his count, "70 to 80 percent of patients who come into (Sebastian's) Wound Care Center with a chronic wound come in with a venous insufficiency. According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, "Venous insufficiency occurs when your l...
When Dr. Natalee Stone joined the Riverside Surgical and Weight Loss Center and Steward Medical Group at the Sebastian River Medical Center, she went to work immediately, performing five separate bariatric surgeries on her very first days on the job – which happened to be Labor Day weekend. Why? Because, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more than one-third (36.5 percent)...
Worried about a heart attack brought on by coronary artery disease (CAD)? Dr. Lilian Ahiable, a fresh face at the Steward Medical Group in Vero Beach, is using a modern mantra to help stop CAD. There is, she says, an app for that. And why not? The American College of Cardiology says that every 40 seconds, someone in this country dies from CAD. Indeed, the ACC says cardiovascular diseases in genera...
When Diane Muller went looking for a bariatric surgeon to help her overcome her serious obesity problems – including a body mass index of 55, hypothyroidism, lymphedema and fatty liver disease – she probably didn’t expect to find a self-described “four-handed surgeon.” But she did.
Asthma, according to Dr. Charles Fischman of the Steward Medical Group in Vero Beach, “is one of the few disease entities in the United States now that is on the increase,” which is not good news. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says upwards of 26 million Americans currently have this disease, and admits “we don’t know why” the number of cases are climbing. Fischman, who describes h...
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