technology

Lovelace adopts new tech, slashing previous amount of needed systems

Albuquerque Business First

Albuquerque Business First covered Lovelace Health System's go live on the Epic electronic health record (EHR) system in August, 2017. The new technology replaced 80 legacy systems for Lovelace. Read more at the link below. 

Lovelace launches Epic electronic health records

Albuquerque Journal

On Friday, August 25, Lovelace Health System went live with a new electronic health record (EHR), Epic. All Lovelace hospitals and clinics are using the software for a multitude of functions, including registration, billing, clinical applications and scheduling.

The Albuquerque Journal covered the story below. 

Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center achieves first implantation of Ovation Alto™ Abdominal Stent Graft System

Press Release

ALBUQUERQUE – April 3, 2017 – Steven Henao, M.D., chief vascular surgeon of New Mexico Heart Institute performed the first implant of the Ovation Alto™ Abdominal Stent Graft system in a patient on Thursday, March 30 at Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center.

The Ovation Alto is manufactured by Endologix Corporation and is designed to treat abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).

Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center implants new WATCHMAN Left Atrial Appendage Closure

Press Release
ALBUQUERQUE – March 8, 2017 – Physicians at Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center recently implanted the WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) device in a New Mexico patient.
 
The device offers patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation (AF) an alternative to long-term Warfarin blood-thinning medication.
 
People with atrial fibrillation have a five times greater risk of stroke. Atrial fibrillation can cause blood to pool and form clots in the left atrial appendage (LAA).