San Antonio Healthcare & Bioscience Magazine
The HC+B NewsletterMay 18, 2010
Dr. TolcherDear HC+B Readers,
 
So glad to be back online again! My absence was thanks to a computer virus that just about wiped me out. But thanks to the wonderful work of some super IT friends, we are back!
 
And just in time! Looks like the local chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) is getting ready to put on quite an event where Healthcare Reform will be addressed by some of our most prominent healthcare leaders. You can read more about it in this newsletter and I've also included a link on a story carried by David Hendricks of MySA.com - Panel to Guage Effects of Healthcare  

And looks like SATAI was busy while I was out too, they've even changed their name to align with their new mission. Read more down below.
 
Other happenings include Christus Santa Rosa's Westover Hills new pediatric unit and Medtronic's presentation at the Global Healthcare Conference, just to name a few.
 
Another special note I'd like to make is to make sure you know that HC+B Magazine has a social presence with Facebook and Twitter. You can get the news (and other news from pages we follow) as soon as I do by following us on Twitter and see the events as they unfold with postings and pictures on Facebook.
 
Also, the June/July issue is right around the corner with stories featuring some of our city's newest healthcare buildings like local firm O'Connell Robertson's design of a new free-standing infectious disease hospital built in the United States in more than 50 years and Luna Architecture's design of a new state-of-the-art surgery center for dentistry, becoming the first of its kind in the state of Texas, to provide comprehensive dental care to special needs patients and both of these fabulous facilities are being built right here in San Antonio!
 
These are just two mentions of some of the great work being done by some of our local and national firms in concert with hospital administrators, general contractors, engineering firms, designers and architects. Great issue, you won't want to miss it.
  
Best regards,
Melba Romero
Publisher/Editor
S.A. HC+B Magazine 
 

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Dr. Tolcher
Local Chapter Of Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) To Host Panel Discussion On Healthcare Reform And The Impacts Of The New Legislation On Hospitals, Private Care And Specialty Care
  
Healthcare reform has been signed into law and as healthcare leaders across the country scramble to decipher the in's and out's of this new legislation the local chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen's Association (HBA) has aligned a dynamic panel of speakers to discuss the local perspective on what is being touted as the Nation's most comprehensive healthcare bill ever. Read more...
 Dr. Tolcher
Pediatric Inpatient Unit Opens At Christus Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills 
 
CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Hospital - Westover Hills recently announced the opening of an inpatient pediatric unit, a service brought to the Westover Hills community by CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Children's Hospital, as the newest component of its children's services. Click here to read more.
 
Dr. Tolcher
 
SATAI Changes Name to Startech
 
SATAI Network Foundation today announced it has changed its name to Startech Foundation and its website URL to www.startech1.org. The name was changed to align with the core focus of the organization and eliminate common issues associated with the past name. The company brand, services, operations, and mission to Inspire, Create and Grow technology companies remain the same. More here.
CTRC
 
Bringing Radiation Treatment Closer To Home, CTRC Partners with Jourdanton Community Cancer Center 

Radiation treatment for cancer often involves brief daily sessions for weeks at a time, and until now, many South Texas cancer patients had to travel to San Antonio, the Texas-Mexico border or the Gulf Coast for radiation therapy. Read more...
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Medtronic CFO Gary Ellis to Speak at the Citi Global Health Care Conference

Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT), today announced it will participate in the 2010 Citi Investment Research Global Health Care Conference on Wednesday, May 26, 2010, in New York City. Click here to learn more.
Speaker Joe Straus Joins STRCIC to Announce $3 Million Emerging Technology Fund Investment in Palmaz Scientific, Inc.
 
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus and the South Texas Regional Center of Innovation and Commercialization (www.strcic.com) recently announced an investment of $3 million in Palmaz Scientific, Inc. through the Texas Emerging Technology Fund (ETF).  The investment is for the commercialization of Palmaz Scientific's patented nanotechnology processes for the introduction of innovative vascular stents and other implantable medical devices including the SESAME stent, Micro-Neuro stent, Micro-Grooved Coronary stent and a Micro-Mesh Covered Carotid stent to improve effectiveness and safety of today's vascular stents. More here.
If you or your organization has an announcement, event, or news release that you would like to submit for editorial consideration for the newsletter or magazine, please send all inquiries to Melba Romero at hcbmag@sbcglobal.net.