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Times Union: From Hospital to Home, Health Care in 2019 Will Just Keep Growing
Judy Gray, chief human resources officer at St. Peter’s Health Partners, speaks to the Times Union about job growth in the health care sector.
Articles by Courtney Weisberg
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WNYT: Forum 13: National Donors Day
Kimberly Morrison, RN, MSN, PCCN, nurse manager, St. Peter’s Cardiac and Vascular Center, appeared on WNYT’s Forum 13 to discuss National Donor Day and the first Honor Walk held at St. Peter’s Hospital
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SPHP Offering Minimally Invasive Treatment Option for Leaky Hearts
The interventional cardiology team at St. Peter’s Health Partners is now performing transcatheter mitral valve repair with MitraClip therapy to treat mitral regurgitation.
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WNYT: Most Common Treatments for AFib
Cardiac electrophysiologist, Robert Phang, M.D., FACC, FHRS, of Albany Associates in Cardiology, appeared on WNYT’s Live at Noon to discuss atrial fibrillation and The WATCHMAN procedure.
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Free Family Movie Screening to #HelpOscarQuit
On February 20, St. Peter’s Health Partners and its grant-funded program, Capital District Tobacco-Free Communities (CDTFC), will host a family-friendly, smoke-free movie night to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco use and the impact of the tobacco imagery shown in films.
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SPHP Colleagues Participate in National Wear Red Day
On February 1, many colleagues across St. Peter’s Health Partners joined the American Heart Association in supporting National Wear Red Day and American Heart Month by wearing red and encouraging women to live a heart healthy life.
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Dr. Brian Murray Published in Scholarly Journal
Brian Murray, MD, of Capital Region Urology, has published research on the cost-effectiveness of overactive bladder treatments.
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Times Union: On the Move
The Times Union posted news of several new hires at St. Peter’s Health Partners.
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SPHP Preventing Strokes with the WATCHMAN Device
St. Peter’s Hospital is now offering the WATCHMAN device to patients with atrial fibrillation not caused by a valve problem. The device helps prevent stroke in at-risk patients and is an alternative to blood thinners.
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WNYT NewsChannel 13: Albany County Unveils New Facilities for Nursing Moms
WNYT aired a story on the opening of new lactation rooms in Albany County, both supported and funded by, St. Peter’s Health Partners.