Who We Are:

We are a local support group affiliated with the United Ostomy Associations of America, Inc.

We offer support and monthly meetings for the benefit of people who have, or will have intestinal or urinary diversions and their caregivers.

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"Ostomy Life"

Greater Charleston Ostomy Association

 St Francis Hospital     West Ashley

Tuesday November 12, 2019

Noon til 2:00 PM

Meeting Room # 3    Off the atrium across from the cafeteria

So grab some lunch or bring some and join us as Mike Vezeau discusses with us the latest in Health Care Innovations.  *****As always, bring any ostomy questions you might have (and new ideas//time savers/good products per ostomies to share the news with all of us)*****If we don't have the answers, we will find them for you.  Health Care Innovations.  Mike will bring an article on an electronic device implanted in the chest which "detects" anything going on in the colon/intestines which portends problems and it produces an electronic shock which apparently offsets/combats the potential problems.  It is being tested for Crohn's patients and has, thus far, been successful.  Also the handout will provide a list of eight other innovations which Mike will very briefly discuss and ten other articles which offer viewpoints of health care specialists/advocates.  

Here's a list of some of the topics:

Alice Park - Why It’s Time to Take Electrified Medicine Seriously

Steve Slovenski - Walmart-ification of Health Care

David Abney - Drone-delivered medical supplies

Corinne Purtill – The Robot will Help you now

Isabel Van de Keere – Rehab in virtual reality

Jonathan Rothberg – An ultrasound in your pocket

Joanna Shields – Artificial Intelligence to read every science paper

Christine Lemke – The biggest big data

Thomas Reardon – A watch that can read your mind

 Dr. Raj Panjabi – Where neighbors provide health care, pay them

Geralyn Miller – Artificial Intelligence and health care are made for each other

James Ducharme – The Face of Change

Abigail Abrams – Doctors for Medicare For All

Martin J. Blaser – Human health is in the hands of bacteria

Grant Burningham – The price of insulin has soared…these biohackers have a plan to fix it

Jennifer Doudna – The gene-editing revolution is already here

Bernard J. Tyson – Your home should not determine your health

Mandy Oaklander – Solving Suicide

Angelina Jolie – The care women really need

Mary Ellen Millhouse  843-708-9917  West Ashley

Coordinator/Facilitator

Mike Vezeau  843-795-5847   Bluffton

Facilitator

David Whitfield  843-345-5541  North Area

Facilitator/Pastor

Diane Whitworth

MUSC  WOCN