News
Filters
Showing 1 - 3 out of 3 results
Patient Stories
Former NICU Patient Finds New Path as Radiology Student
Cali Horton, a 21-year-old student from Blue Springs, was a survivor from day one.
Her mother, Heather Horton, was pregnant with twins and diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome—uneven blood flow between twins sharing a placenta. Both twins, Cali and her sister Kara, were born prematurely and spent three weeks in Saint Luke’s neonatal intensive care unit.
As a result, Cali suffered from a rare vascular malformation of the brain, which required radiation treatment at age 2. Over time, the treatment fully cured her malformation.
Sallie Wickens is Back in the Saddle Thanks to Saint Luke’s
Article
Did You Know? Debridement and Pressure Ulcers
The Clinical Documentation Excellence Program hopes this information will be valuable to you as you document, assure the accuracy of severity of illness and risk of mortality, and substantiate the correct DRG assignment for reimbursement.
Incision and Debridement