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Is joint pain keeping you from enjoying life? If so, you are invited to join us on Wednesday, April 16, 7 to 8:30 p.m., to learn about joint pain options.
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Get up and go to Overlake Senior Care's 2008 Active Senior Fair, held Saturday, March 1 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Westminister Chapel of Bellevue, 13646 NE 24th Street, Bellevue.
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Join Overlake cardiac experts on Wed., Feb. 6 at 6:30 p.m. for an informative discussion about the realities for women and heart disease.
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Overlake’s Cancer Center Auxiliary is hosting the 8th Annual Tree of Hope candle lighting ceremony and fundraiser Tues., Feb. 5 at 6 p.m. The event honors family, friends and co-workers who are battling or have faced a critical illness, such as cancer.
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Overlake Hospital Auxiliaries will hold a wine procurement party on January 25, at 6 p.m., at the Seastar Restaurant, 205 108th Avenue NE in Bellevue.
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center welcomed the Puget Sound area’s first baby of 2008 at 12:07 a.m. on January 1.
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center recently added two new executives to its leadership team: David Schultz is Chief Operating Officer and David Aubrey is Vice President of Fund Development and Executive Director of the Overlake Hospital Foundation.
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When quick treatment is needed - whether it's a child's high fever or spouse's chest pain - what level of care is appropriate? Two common options are urgent care and emergency care. Urgent care clinics and hospital emergency departments were designed to serve very different needs, but they often work together to ensure patients receive the right level of treatment at the right time.
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Hospitality Services at Overlake Hospital Medical Center announces an initiative to go “green” by offering healthier visitor and patient meals, and through composting and recycling efforts.
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HealthGrades study finds patient outcomes at Overlake among nation’s best for Cardiac, Orthopedics, Bariatrics, Vascular Services, Stroke Services and Women’s Health and Maternity.
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The holidays are in full swing and many of us may be feeling more Grinch-like than we care to admit. Most of us hope for the holidays to be filled with merriment and joy, but the reality can be far different as we struggle with limited time and much to do, including parties, shopping and family demands. Compound this reality with the holiday blues, which many of us have a very real tendency to experience, and this can be a challenging season on multiple levels.
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There has been much recent media coverage about Methicillin-resistant Staph aureus, commonly referred to as MRSA. Although resistant to certain drugs, the majority of MRSA infections are minor and treatable with other available antibiotics.
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In a society that focuses on looks and rewards weight loss, yet constantly advertises faster, bigger and more convenient meals, it's not surprising how confusing food consumption can be. While food is meant to supply our bodies with nutrients and energy, messages that distort this fact are everywhere.
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The dark and rainy months from November to February have been the deadliest for pedestrians in King County, with the highest number of deaths in December, according to new analysis by Public Health - Seattle & King County.
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If we're honest, most of us think drowning will never touch our lives. I truly wish that water death was rare, however I know firsthand that this tragedy happens all too often in the Puget Sound area. Last summer had one of the higher incidences of drowning in years, with 18 King County victims in the first six months alone. Most victims were male and all occurred in areas without lifeguards and in open water.
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center has earned Quality Respiratory Care Recognition (QRCR) under a national program aimed at helping patients and families make informed decisions about the quality of the respiratory care services available in hospitals.
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The retirement years are the perfect time to begin an important and rewarding career as a volunteer. It is a time of life when you have the opportunity to reset your priorities from "working to make a living" to "working to make a difference."
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Overlake has been named a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care by Premera Blue Cross.
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center recently received certification of its multifaceted stroke program from The Joint Commission, and will continue to provide leading-edge stroke care to Eastside patients as a Primary Stroke Center. Overlake treats approximately 400 stroke patients each year.
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Practically everyone experiences some version of an arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) on occasion, usually in the form of a gentle palpitation or a "skipped" heartbeat. Mild, isolated disturbances of this sort are normally harmless, but a recurrent heartbeat disturbance should be checked by your physician.
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Is "Use It Or Lose It" a cliché, or is it a basic truth to guide our passage through each era of our lives? Our bodies are meant to move. To stop means to eventually become frail and able to do less; we become dis-abled. The list of the benefits of activity is long and it is increasing as research validates the extreme importance of continuing to move daily and in a variety of ways.
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For those without power who may be using camp stoves and generators, please keep in mind the following tips from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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Winter is upon us, we're all indoors much more, which brings an unwelcome abundance of colds, flu, and other infections. Many parents of my patients have expressed confusion about when to bring a child in to my office for the all-too-common sore throat. Is it just a cold or could it be something more serious? When in doubt, always call your doctor to ask. My best advice is to see your doctor when your child's sore throat seems severe, lasts longer than the usual five to seven days of a cold or flu, or isn't linked to an allergy or irritation.
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The Overlake Hospital Foundation announces the launching point for its capital campaign to help fund Overlake Hospital Medical Center's South Tower expansion project, set to open in late fall of 2007. Combined with board contributions, the campaign has raised a total of $6.8 million. The Foundation's goal is to raise $15 million. The announcement was made Tuesday night at the Foundation's donor appreciation event held at the Westin Hotel in downtown Bellevue.
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Overlake was named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals for Cardiovascular Care by Thomson. The award objectively measures performance on key criteria at all acute-care hospitals nationwide. The designation is based on data collected from public third-party sources, such as the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services. This is the second time Overlake has received the award.
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Overlake Receives “Community Health Leadership Award” Hospital Association Recognizes Outstanding Work Overlake Hospital Medical Center's Senior Care program has been honored with the Washington State Hospital Association's 2006 Health Leadership Award.
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Each year, Seattle magazine sends confidential surveys to 10,000 Seattle-area physicians who are asked to name the doctors they would recommend to family and friends. A total of 385 premier doctors in 96 fields were chosen. Of those, 37 are Overlake doctors. And, Overlake's Dr. Shelley Agricola was featured on the magazine's cover. Congratulations to our 2006 winners!
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Seattle Metropolitan surveyed and found Overlake was one of 25 of the best places to work in the Seattle area with terrific bosses, outstanding benefits and employees who can't believe they get paid to do what they do.
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Welcome to Overlake Hospital Medical Center. We want our patients and family members to know we will do everything we can to make your hospitalization as pleasant and comfortable as possible. Part of being an excellent health care provider means communicating openly and honestly about issues that affect us and you.
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Overlake has been invited by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI) to volunteer as a Mentor Hospital for the 100,000 lives campaign. "We have been so impressed not only with the success you've been having with reducing VAP (ventilator associated pneumonia) and central line infections, but also the enthusiasm with which your team has shared its results and what you've learned. IHI believes that Overlake would be a great Mentor Hospital," said JoAnn Endo of the IHI.
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Stroke and heart attack are overwhelmingly the leading cause of death in the United States. As a specialist in stroke management, I'm glad to report that over the past five years there have been great strides in treating stroke patients. There was a time in my career when there just wasn't much we could do. Patients were placed in a nursing home with little intervention, issued a cane to help them walk, or confined to a wheel chair, but that was about all the help we could offer. Fortunately, significant treatment options are now available, but only if you can get to the emergency department in time.
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Bellevue - Overlake Hospital Medical Center announces the opening of the new Issaquah Anticoagulation Clinic located at 6520 226th Pl. SE, Suite 140 near the hospital's Urgent Care Center. This clinic is exclusively dedicated to caring for patients on blood-thinners or anticoagulation medications. An anticoagulant (anti=against, coagulant=clotting) is a medicine that slows the body's ability to form a blood clot. This medication is used to help prevent and treat blood clots associated with an irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, heart valve replacement or certain clotting disorders. Monitoring levels are important; even small changes in medications, diet and exercise can dramatically affect therapy.
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Overlake Hospital Medical Center promptly adopted best practices from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)'s national 100,000 Lives Campaign and results have been dramatic: Patients lives have been saved and precious health care dollars conserved.
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Every year in the US, more than 5 million men and women are given the diagnosis of coronary artery disease (hardening of the heart arteries). The good news is that specific steps can reduce our risk of developing heart disease.
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Each year, Seattle Magazine sends confidential surveys to 5,000 physicians and other health care providers around King County and beyond. The survey asks physicians to identify who they believe are the premier doctors working in a range of specialties.
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Any patient on a ventilator is at great risk of catching ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP). A third who get this form of pneumonia will die of it. To fight this threat, Overlake has adopted best practices from the Institute of Healthcare Improvement (IHI). In seven months, these cases have been cut by 82 percent, helping patients and saving $887,000.
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Welcome to Overlake Hospital Medical Center. It is our goal to provide you with exceptional care and service. Each day, we do our utmost to take care of our patients carefully, safely and competently.
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There are an estimated 1.9 million children traveling with families overseas each year, and a growing number of these trips involve adventure travel to exotic places. Many families are journeying to developing countries that have their own environmental health risks.
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"All happy families resemble one another, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy Was Tolstoy right? From a physician perspective, there truly are some common denominators to happy, healthy aging well into the ninth decade.
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Several years spent establishing a regional, public cord blood program have paid off for Puget Sound Blood Center/Northwest Tissue Center, as the non-profit organization announced another large hospital has joined its list of partners. The addition of Bellevue-based Overlake Hospital Medical Center comes a few months after the Blood Center announced a relationship with the University of Washington Medical Center.
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Overlake Human Resources is hosting a Job Recruitment Fair on March 4, 9 - 11 a.m. and March 5, 1- 3 p.m. for Patient Care and CNA Nursing Technicians.
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BELLEVUE, WA - June 22, 2007 - Overlake Hospital Medical Center, Evergreen Healthcare, Snoqualmie Valley Hospital and Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, announced today they have filed a joint appeal with the Washington State Department of Health Certificate of Need Program that granted permission to Swedish Health Services to build a 175-bed hospital in Issaquah.
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With three children at home and a solo medical practice, I know first hand how hard it can be to make good food choices for yourself and for your family. Who hasn't faced the clock at 7 p.m. with no dinner plans, an empty fridge, and a grumbling stomach? When we're hungry and tired, it's easy to turn to the simplest, quickest options: fast food, frozen pizza, or even a donut.
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Residents of all ages will get a behind-the-scenes view of one of the region's most advanced new hospital facilities when Overlake Hospital Medical Center celebrates the opening of its new South Tower on Sunday, Sept. 23, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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An alarming study recently conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that death rates from heart disease may actually be increasing in women ages 35 to 44.
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What was once a small environmentalist movement, “going green” is now a mainstream lifestyle choice. Many individuals and organizations are embracing the idea of green living and implementing ways to preserve our environment and live lightly on the land.
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