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SANTA ROSA — Redwood Regional Medical Group has a new tool to fight early-stage breast cancer, a device that’s been shown to minimize the time and amount of radiation necessary to follow tumor removal.
Local doctors, survivors, advocates angry, skeptical, concerned North Coast physicians, breast cancer survivors and patient nurse advocates are responding with skepticism, anger and concern to guidelines issued Monday by a government task force that recommend against routine mammogram screening for women under 50.
North Bay Business Journal SANTA ROSA - Redwood Regional Medical Group Chief Executive Officer Wayne Fairchild describes recent efforts to consolidate the beginning of preparations for future changes in health care.
North Bay Business Journal SONOMA COUNTY - Redwood Regional Medical Group began reducing its staff by just under six percent late last week, or 20 positions, according to officials. The company also recently announced it would consolidate its cancer program last week.
North Bay Business Journal SANTA ROSA, PETALUMA – Redwood Regional Medical Group announced plans to complete about $2 million in expansion, including adding new equipment and completing interior renovations.
A recent NBC11 report reviewed mammogram facilities throughout the Bay Area and Redwood Regional Medical Group and Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital were the only facilities in the North Bay that were violation-free from 2003 through 2007, the years reviewed in the report.
NAPA – Redwood Regional Medical Group will add close to 3,000 square feet to its Napa Cancer Center this year in efforts to expand clinical research and accommodate the site’s newest doctor.
SANTA ROSA – Longtime Sonoma County surgeon Dr. David Fraser has stepped down from his position with the Redwood Regional Medical Group, leaving a legacy that includes ongoing efforts to integrate patient care and provide advanced vascular surgery.
All of the specialized services required to detect and fight breast cancer, including clinical trials and genetic testing, are available under one roof at the Redwood Regional Breast Center located at 121 Sotoyome Street, across from Memorial Hospital in Santa Rosa. In the past, when a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer her decisions for treatment included choosing a physician to help her battle the disease.
NORTH BAY – Two of the North Bay’s largest independent medical groups have announced they will merge certain office management functions “to gain economic efficiencies and enhance operations” amidst increasing cost pressure.
Redwood Regional Medical Group in Santa Rosa has forged a first-of-its-kind national network, where cancer doctors across the country work together to develop and standardize the best practices for patient care. Cancer Clinics of Excellence, a network that includes 224 oncologists in more than a dozen states, launched in April with $3 million raised from its physician members.
Redwood Regional Medical Group of Santa Rosa will be part of a first-of-its-kind nationwide network of oncology practices that will share information on care and purchasing power. Cancer Clinics of Excellence will have 224 oncologists at 21 practices...
Redwood Regional Medical Group is ramping up the number of patients treated by its new $2 million radiation therapy machine, seeing up to 30 patients per day. "The equipment itself can handle over 40 people on a daily basis," said CEO Shahab Dadjou. "We`re working up to those numbers."
As time goes by, breast cancer survivors grow complacent about the need for an annual mammogram, researchers here found. Despite their significant risk for development of a new breast tumor, women who comply with a recommended yearly mammogram gradually fall by the wayside over the years, said Chyke A. Doubeni, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Massachusetts Medical Center...
A California radiology group has evolved into a practice with an oncology focus, representing radiology, radiation therapy, and medical oncology.
Over the past 25 years, the size of newly diagnosed breast tumors has decreased, even within stages, and the shift has played a substantial role in the improvement in survival, researchers reported...
In our second and final installment of AuntMinnie.com`s series on CAD, we take a look at issues such as reimbursement, workflow, and the technology`s burgeoning role in multislice CT and virtual colonoscopy...
As technology and research progress there is a developing consensus among radiologists that CAD can aid in uncovering abnormalities in applications such as breast MRI, lung cancer screening, and virtual colonoscopy exams...
A technologist’s time is better spent taking care of patients instead of hauling film jackets to radiologists or emergency physicians. With PACS, less time is spent finding reports to read over the telephone because the physician can get the information anytime with any computer...
Interventional radiology can be an alternative to dozens of surgeries — even repairs inside the brain...