Tip Sheets

Tiny corkscrew cleared as clot-buster. The first device to remove blood clots from the brains of people suffering strokes has been approved by the government, and Florida Hospital is the first in the state to offer it. After a clinical trial conducted at 25 medical centers in the United States, including Florida Hospital, the US Food and Drug Administration has approved the Merci Retriever, a minimally invasive therapy that removes clots, restores blood flow, and offers hope for some stroke patients with no other options.

Honduran girl born with bladder outside her body recovering well after extensive surgery. A couple of months ago, Julissa Fuentes left her Honduran village to come to Florida Hospital where she endured a lengthy and difficult operation to repair a rare birth defect. Now, Julissa is well on her way to leading a normal life. Get an update on her progress, and see how Florida Hospital physical therapists are helping with her extensive rehabilitation. Florida Hospital will provide a beta tape of her therapy session on Tuesday August 31.

Access to rehabilitation services threatened by new Medicare rule. After procedures like total hip replacement surgery, several days of inpatient rehabilitation can be vital to some patients’ recoveries. But now, patient access to these types of rehabilitation services are becoming more limited due to a new Medicare rule, called the "75%" rule. Talk to patients and doctors who could be affected if the rule is not updated by an amendment.

State-of-the art training site for radiation therapy coming to Florida Hospital Celebration Health. Thanks to a new alliance, Florida Hospital and Varian will equip a learning center and technology showcase at Florida Hospital Celebration Health with the latest and most up-to-date systems for treating cancer with radiation therapy. Find out how the procedures allow doctors to target cancer more precisely while delivering higher, more effective doses of radiation.