Reform Efforts Grow at Tiffin State Hospital
Inside the hospital a shift toward privacy and new social follow up aims to ease patient release. Dr Milton Smith notes staff shortages while Edith Virtue leads a program to standardize care and coordinate county level follow ups through the Nord Center and local agencies.
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Commitment to Tiffin Hospital Process Opens Debates
In Tiffin Ohio the two pathways to become a patient at Tiffin State Hospital are voluntary admission or involuntary commitment via probate court with probable cause. Judges and lawmakers discuss reform, debating safeguards, access to counsel, and the balance between patient rights and public safety as emergency care and privacy at local hospitals are emphasized.
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Ultrasonic camera aims to image internal organs live
Researchers at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park develop an ultrasonic camera that bounces sound waves to create live television images of internal organs and fetal movement. The device targets detection of heart disease cancer and other diseases and can reveal soft tissues not seen in X rays.
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Calif
Stanford Research Institute
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