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Celebrating Nurses Week: Spotlight on CHA HPMC ED Nurse for Creating a Positive Patient Experience in a Matter of Minutes
May 11, 2021

Celebrating Nurses Week: Spotlight on CHA HPMC ED Nurse for Creating Positive Patient Experience in a Matter of Minutes

Posted by Divya Sathyanarayanan

In honor of National Nurses Week, we spotlight the dedication of our Emergency Department (ED) nurse, Reginald Bueno, in creating positive, meaningful experience for our ED patients.

Reginald Bueno, RN in Emergency Department (ED) at CHA HPMC, believes in the power of conversation and customer experience. Reginald has been a part of the healthcare industry for over 14 years. He joined CHA HPMC in 2020.

In the ED, time

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Learn How CHA HPMC Spine Surgeon Dr. Tae Shin Helps Patients Manage Osteoporosis through Minimally Invasive Treatment
April 30, 2021

Learn How CHA HPMC Spine Surgeon Dr. Tae Shin Helps Patients Manage Osteoporosis through Minimally Invasive Treatment

Tae Shin, MD, is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in spine surgery and general orthopedics at CHA HPMC.

Tell us about your background and specialty.
I earned my medical degree from Yale University School of Medicine and completed my orthopedic residency training at the State University of New York at Brooklyn and a Spine Surgery Fellowship at New England Baptist Medical Center in Boston. I was a Clinical Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Tufts

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Patient Transporter William Knecht Comforts Patients along the Way with Conversation
April 23, 2021

Patient Transporter William Knecht Comforts Patients along the Way with Conversation

Posted by Divya Sathyanarayanan

As a patient transporter, William Knecht, 24, acts as one of the ‘wheels’ of patient care journey at CHA HPMC. It’s his job to ensure safe and comfortable transportation of patients to and from procedures, tests, or assist with discharges.

As he embarks on the journey with the patient, he begins by announcing the safety instruction: “Please keep your arms, hands, and feet inside the gurney at all

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Personalize Your Plate with Global Foods & Healthy Recipes
March 22, 2021

Personalize Your Plate with Global Foods & Healthy Recipes

By Janette Bedoyan, Registered Dietitian

This year’s theme for National Nutrition Month is ‘Personalize Your Plate’. It is important to eat a variety of nutritious foods, plan out meals, and learn to create tasty and healthy dishes. You can make your daily cooking exciting and interesting by incorporating food from other cultures.

Supermarkets are expanding the type of food products they offer to meet the needs of customers, who are looking for

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CHA HPMC Orthopedic Surgeon uses Minimally Invasive and Robotic-Assisted Surgical Technologies to Improve Patient Lives
March 1, 2021

CHA HPMC Orthopedic Surgeon uses Minimally Invasive and Robotic-Assisted Surgical Technologies to Improve Patient Lives

CHA HPMC has recently introduced the world’s most advanced Robotic-Assisted surgical system to optimize clinic outcomes, decrease surgical invasiveness, and improve patient lives. Dr. William T. Long, board-certified Orthopedic Surgery Specialist at CHA HPMC, was the first surgeon to perform a robotic-assisted knee replacement in Los Angeles in 2008 and is an innovator in minimally invasive surgical techniques. We interviewed Dr. Long to learn more about minimally invasive joint replacement and robotic-assisted surgery at CHA

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