New Procedure Brings Change of Heart
Karan Thakkar Staff Writer
Issue date: 2/8/10 Section: Pulse
With the amount of criticism that American healthcare has been incurring and the skepticism that citizens express towards health care, I couldn't help but wonder why this procedure wasn't more widely used in the United States. I asked Dr. Vidovich why the U.S. is not as open to using the procedure as other places. He answered by saying that there are many different reasons. He told me that the U.S. probably is not fully accommodated to transradial cardiac catheterization because of the lack of training available.
Training not only requires money, but knowledgeable medical staff that have had experience performing the procedure; As more and more physicians are trained, the number of physicians able to perform the procedure will compound and increase exponentially. "UIC and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center have developed a training program for other physicians and nurses to teach the new procedure. We had our first course in December and our next course is at the end of this month", said Dr. Schroff. "The U.S. is generally the forefront of technology and these types of advancements", said Dr. Vidovich. The obstacles that physicians across the nation will have to go through to start performing the new procedure will be well worth the effort because this is a procedure that is yet another big step for medicine; it saves pain and money.
Training not only requires money, but knowledgeable medical staff that have had experience performing the procedure; As more and more physicians are trained, the number of physicians able to perform the procedure will compound and increase exponentially. "UIC and Jesse Brown VA Medical Center have developed a training program for other physicians and nurses to teach the new procedure. We had our first course in December and our next course is at the end of this month", said Dr. Schroff. "The U.S. is generally the forefront of technology and these types of advancements", said Dr. Vidovich. The obstacles that physicians across the nation will have to go through to start performing the new procedure will be well worth the effort because this is a procedure that is yet another big step for medicine; it saves pain and money.
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