Impulse Monitoring to Provide Neuromonitoring Support to Vanderbilt University Medical Center
COLUMBIA, Md.-(Business Wire)-September 29, 2009 - Impulse Monitoring, Inc. (IMI), a leading provider of intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring (IONM) services to hospitals, today announced that it has signed an agreement with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), Nashville, TN, to provide comprehensive IONM overflow support to VUMC’s in-house neuromonitoring team.
IMI’s services will include real-time, onsite monitoring by highly-trained, certified neurophysiologist-technicians. IONM assesses neurological function involving the brain, spinal cord and related nerve structures during such surgeries. Use of IONM facilitates the surgical process and can reduce surgical risk by providing alerts to surgeons of potential harm to the spinal cord or neural structures.
About Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is a comprehensive healthcare facility dedicated to patient care, research, and biomedical education. Its reputation for excellence in each of these areas has made Vanderbilt a major patient referral center for the Mid-South. Each year, people throughout Tennessee and the Southeast choose Vanderbilt for their health care needs, not only because of its excellence in medical science, but also because the faculty and staff are dedicated to treating patients with dignity and compassion. Vanderbilt’s mission is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research. Visit the VUMC website at: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu.
About Impulse Monitoring
Impulse Monitoring, Inc. (IMI) provides to hospitals and other facilities onsite and remote intraoperative neuromonitoring (IONM) services for spinal, nerve and brain-related surgeries, and Autotransfusion (AT). IONM allows early detection of neurological compromise and identification of functional neural structures during surgery. IMI’s AT service involves an attending clinician who uses state-of-the-art equipment to capture and cleanse a patient’s own blood during surgery, making it available for transfusion instead of donated blood. Visit the IMI website at: www.impulsemonitoring.com.
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