New Technology Providing Safer Treatment for Cardiac Arrhythmia
St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, Home of Texas Heart Institute, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Stereotaxis Gentle Touch™ Magnetic Navigation System, a magnet-guided technology to enhance the precision and safety of procedures to treat certain heart rhythm problems, or cardiac arrhythmias. Cardiac arrhythmia refers to any disturbance in the regular rhythm of the heartbeat. Learn more.
Community Emergency Center Video
A commercial highlighting St. Luke's Community Emergency Centers will air Monday through Friday for the next two weeks on Channel 11. It also will run on Comcast from November 23 to December 6. View the commercial.
St. Luke's Experts Answer H1N1 Flu Questions on ABC13.com
Kelly Larkin, MD, assistant medical director, Emergency Services, and Layne Gentry, MD, chief, Infectious Diseases, were featured in a live web chat about H1N1 on KTRK ABC13. View the transcript of the answers provided by them and four other panelists.
Information on seasonal or H1N1 flu and St. Luke's Visitation Policy
St. Luke's provides information on symptoms, prevention, emergency care, vaccines and St. Luke's visitation policy changes to help protect patients, visitors, staff, physicians and volunteers here.
St. Luke's Lakeside Hospital Opens
The new St. Luke’s Lakeside Hospital opened to receive its first patients on Monday, September 28, 2009.
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St. Luke's Heart Transplant Patient Hopeful Featured on "The Doctors"The nationally-syndicated television show, "The Doctors," recently featured a St. Luke's patient currently on the heart transplant waiting list. The episode focused on the need for heart organ donation, and shared the story of St. Luke's patient Wanda Alexander and her family. The show also featured St. Luke's cardiologist Roberta Bogaev, MD, and heart transplant surgeon O.H. "Bud" Frazier, MD.
Watch the clip of "The Doctors" episode.
Watch Video of St. Luke's New Cyberknife®The Cyberknife at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital is the world’s first non-invasive robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat cancerous and non-cancerous tumors anywhere in the body. Watch St. Luke's Cyberknife on local TV news
KHOU CBS 11,
KPRC Local 2 News,
ABC 13 and
FOX 26.
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Learn More Today's Ozone ForecastSt. Luke's is committed to helping you and your family take better care of your health, especially your lungs and heart. The ozone forecast for the Houston-Galvestion-Brazoria area for today is:
For Your Health: So no precautions are needed today. For more information, visit our
Ozone: What You Need to Know page.
Patient Maps & InstructionsPatients can now download helpful maps and instructions to St. Luke's
Day Surgery Center,
6 Tower & Cardiac Cath Lab or
O'Quinn Medical Tower.
Internet Access for Patients
St. Luke's now provides
wireless Internet access to all patients and their families shortly after being admitted.
Notice of Privacy Practices
You can download St. Luke's Episcopal Health System's
Joint Notice of Privacy Practices here. This notice describes how medical information about our patients may be used and disclosed and how patients can get access to this information.
Patient Safety
At St. Luke’s, we take patient safety seriously. That’s why we say "
It Starts with the Patient" when it comes to all our quality and safety practices.
Patient RecordsFind answers to your questions about how to obtain medical or other records from our hospital
online.
