Alexian Brothers Hospital Network Unveils Learning Laboratory; High-tech Training Facility will Assist Chicago-Area Surgeons in Perfecting Skills.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail A miniature representation of a page or image that is used to identify a file by its contents. Clicking the thumbnail opens the file. Thumbnails are an option in file managers, such as Windows Explorer, and they are found in photo editing and graphics program to quickly browse multiple image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Business Editors/Health/Medical Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4525754 HOFFMAN ESTATES Hoffman Estates A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 49,700. , Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 1, 2003 Reflecting a commitment to bringing advanced medicine to Chicago's northwest suburbs, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network has opened a state-of-the-art training site where physicians, nurses and technicians can learn in a hands-on environment how to perform the latest diagnostic and surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen. . The Alexian Center for Medical Innovations opened the Alexian Advanced Medicine Learning Laboratory on November 20, 2003. The 2,400 square-foot facility - located at 1786 Moon Lake Boulevard in Hoffman Estates - is one of only a few such learning labs in the country. The lab includes a conference room and a spacious, fully equipped operating room operating room n. Abbr. OR A room equipped for performing surgical operations. with stations for simulated surgeries and other procedures. The center features a telemedicine system with sophisticated audiovisual equipment, allowing trainees to participate interactively in lectures by off-site instructors and to witness live cases at hospitals, and elsewhere. The system also will be used to broadcast training sessions, including simulated surgeries, to other locations around the world. "This Learning Lab is one of the building blocks toward fostering the Alexian Advanced Medicine mission," says Aurelia Ross, Director of the Alexian Center for Medical Innovations. "We wanted to have the right kind of environment through which we can safely deploy new procedures, knowing that we have provided the proper training." A typical training session at the center will involve an interactive presentation by an expert speaking in person or from a remote location about a particular procedure. The lecture will be followed by a closed-circuit broadcast of the procedure being performed live. Trainees then can practice the procedure in the skills lab, using either cadavers or other biomaterials. The operating room is large and open enough for instructors and trainees to circulate cir·cu·late v. cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates v.intr. 1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body. 2. easily and observe simulated procedures as they progress. "We expect this design to encourage interaction among the trainees, as well as appropriate supervision," Ross says. The center will be available to Alexian Brothers Hospital Network personnel for training in advanced medical procedures and for continuing medical education continuing medical education See CME. (CME CME See: Chicago Mercantile Exchange CME See Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME). ) courses. The Learning Lab also will be available for rental by medical equipment manufacturers and other outside organizations that are involved in clinical education and have working agreements with Alexian, Ross says. While the Alexian Brothers Hospital Network has made a significant investment in the development of the learning lab, the network also has received strong support from medical equipment suppliers, who have contributed a wide variety of equipment to the center, Ross says. The Learning Lab, she adds, is an unusual undertaking for a health system, such as Alexian, with a community-hospital focus. "Typically, learning labs are associated with medical schools where a lot of research and medical training occur," Ross says. The Alexian Center for Medical Innovations was established in 2001 to ensure early adoption of new diagnostic and therapeutic technologies at Alexian's hospitals. The group works closely with the hospitals, Alexian Brothers Hospital Network's eight clinical Centers of Excellence, and the Alexian Center for Clinical Research to identify and evaluate medical advances and to determine which ones should be earmarked for early adoption by Alexian Brothers Hospital Network. The new learning lab will facilitate this process by providing "a way of fast-tracking training for new techniques and technologies," Ross says. The Alexian Brothers Hospital Network is comprised of four suburban Chicago hospitals, including: Alexian Brothers Medical Center in Elk Grove Village Elk Grove Village, village (1990 pop. 33,429), Cook and Du Page counties, NE Ill., a suburb of Chicago; inc. 1956. With a population of c.100 at the time of its establishment on open farmland, the village has grown dramatically and steadily, largely because of its , St. Alexius Medical Center St. Alexius Medical Center is an American healthcare provider headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. St. Alexius is the oldest healthcare provider in the state of North Dakota. St. Alexius offers a hospital and several clinics. St. in Hoffman Estates, Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Behavioral health was first used in the 1980's to name the combination of the fields mental health and substance abuse. As an example, an organization serving both mental health and substance abuse clients might refer to its practice as behavioral health or Hospital in Hoffman Estates, and the new Alexian Rehabilitation Hospital Hospital devoted to the rehabilitation of patients with various neurologic, musculoskeletal, orthopedic and other medical conditions following stabilization of their acute medical issues. in Elk Grove Village. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4525754 |
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