Good Samaritan Medical Center is the first hospital in Palm Beach County to perform the High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) procedure for prostate cancer patients. HIFU directs high-frequency sound waves that heat up and burn off cancerous tissue, with a low risk of triggering certain common side effects.

The cardiology team at Doctors Medical Center of Modesto, California, has completed its first Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair (TMVR) case, becoming the first hospital between Sacramento and Fresno to perform this procedure.

David Fieno, MD PhD, is dedicated to innovation in cardiology, having helped to invent cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). “Heart disease is the most prevalent killer in the western world. Two out of three people die from cardiovascular disease,” said Fieno.

Abrazo Community Health Network is launching two new medical residencies in an expansion of its graduate medical education programs.

Doctors Hospital of Manteca now offers ultrasound-guided, permanent seed interstitial (PSI) brachytherapy. This minimally invasive procedure is performed at the hospital and takes approximately 30 minutes.

Approximately one in 10 people over the age of 75 in the U.S. alone are living with a leaky heart valve – also known as Mitral Regurgitation (MR). A leaky heart valve is a serious, progressive heart condition in which the flaps of the mitral valve, one of the heart’s four valves, do not close properly, allowing blood to flow backward into the heart. This can cause symptoms like shortness of breath and fatigue. Left untreated, a leaky valve can lead to heart failure and death.

Ford Motor Co. is collaborating with Detroit Medical Center to expand a medical transport service it piloted late last year.

Tenet hospitals are making major contributions in the early detection and diagnosis of lung cancer.

Doctors at Abrazo Arizona Heart Hospital’s Institute for Congestive Heart Failure are using a first-of-its-kind test system to help detect the risk of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI), a sudden loss of kidney function.

Physical Therapists at Baptist Health System’s HealthLink outpatient rehabilitation center in San Antonio are helping patients recover from a variety of injuries, illnesses and surgeries using space-age technology developed by NASA.

San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California, now offers a novel treatment option for those suffering from an advanced form of peripheral artery disease (PAD) in which the plaque blockage also includes the presence of calcium.

Tenet hospitals are working to help solve the shortage of primary care and nursing providers through participation in Residency Programs in cooperation with local universities. At Baptist Health System in San Antonio, Texas, the program is a community-based, family medicine residency in collaboration with the University of the Incarnate Word.

St. Mary’s Medical Center and Palm Beach Children’s Hospital in Florida now offer the new Curve Image Guided Surgery equipment by Brainlab. This technology supports some of the most innovative neurosurgery procedures to help detect and remove tumors and other central nervous system disorders.

A specialized group of interventional neurologists has joined the Sierra Vista team to bring endovascular treatment to the Central Coast. With this new service and skilled specialists, emergency air and ambulance transports out of the county may be eliminated and precious time saved.

San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California, is now offering 3D mammography (breast tomosynthesis) for breast cancer screening. Breast cancer screening with tomosynthesis, when combined with a conventional 2D mammography, has a 40-percent higher invasive cancer detection rate than conventional 2D mammography alone.

Dr. Dror Paley, the founder and director of the Paley Orthopedic & Spine Institute at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, Florida, became the first surgeon in the country to use the PRECICE STRYDE™ system from NuVasive Specialized Orthopedics™ (NSO). This new system aims to provide better outcomes for patients undergoing a limb-lengthening procedure.

East Cooper Medical Center is the first Tenet hospital to perform minimally invasive robotic spine procedures with the Globus ExcelsiusGPS.

Tenet Physician Resources (TPR) is teaming up with the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Medical Association (AMA) to participate in their Target BP™ initiative.

To remain at the forefront of patient care, Doctors Hospital of Manteca now offers a state-of-the-art 128-Slice Computer Tomography (CT) scanner to residents of Manteca, California and surrounding communities.

Tenet hospitals in Florida and Texas are expanding options for women diagnosed with breast cancer and facing surgery to treat the disease.