Frye Regional Invests in Top-Notch Treatments
Published May 27, 2009
Frye Regional Medical Center has had its finger on the pulse of Catawba County’s health-care needs since the hospital’s inception in 1911.
So it’s fitting that Frye Regional is renowned for taking care of the heart.
The 355-bed acute-care facility was named the best in the Charlotte region for overall cardiac care in 2008 by HealthGrades, a health-care ratings company.
The Tenet Healthcare Corp.-owned hospital in Hickory received five-star reviews for overall cardiac care, treatment of heart failure and coronary- intervention procedures such as angioplasty.
“That’s a big award,” says Eddie Salyards, vice president, before adding it is just one distinction among many.
Indeed, the reward recognized just one aspect of Frye’s spectrum of specialties, which live up to the tag line: “Why drive farther when the health care you need is all right here?”
Frye also includes facilities for spinal care, orthopedics, bariatric surgery, patient rehabilitation, pediatrics, neuroscience, women’s care and cancer treatment, among others.
The hospital recently installed the region’s first high-field, open MRI, which offers a less-enclosed setup than traditional MRIs.
The powerful technology combined with an open design provides quick service to patients, who can have loved ones nearby for reassurance. The MRI began operation in winter 2009.
But the biggest recent step for Frye Regional may be expansion of its cancer treatment center, a move centered on the installation of a multimillion-dollar linear-accelerator imaging system that adds radiation therapy to the hospital’s oncology treatments.
Due to go into service in mid-2009, the equipment allows doctors to provide image-guided radiotherapy, a precise form of treatment that uses multiple-imaging techniques for ultra-accurate targeting of tumors, thus protecting healthy tissues.
“The device that we are installing is the latest and greatest that you can get,” Salyards says.
Story by Sam Scott
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