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What the “Big Three” outcomes mean for you
… measures of quality: Mortality rates – how many patients die from surgery Readmission rates – how many patients get … that are most important to patients: what is the chance I die? Will I need to come back to the hospital? How many … NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia ranked among the top institutions in mortality rate and case volume, but its …
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Bill Gillmore's Story
… pledging to fight against my disease. I was not ready to die. Even as life became an endless array of lab tests, chemo … and depressing patient anecdotes, I stumbled across a website that read, "offering some hope to those 35% of … story, someone who thinks that all they can do is wait to die—we certainly know how that feels. I bought a hat from the …
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Rewarding Medicine: Can Hospital Rankings Work for You?
… well as by region, and includes an overall tally for the top twenty. Hospitals love to boast about their rankings … depending on your perspective — Columbia is in the top ten] , but how meaningful are these distinctions? Let’s … 2018 and 2019 with the number who would be expected to die given the severity of illness. Hospitals were scored from …
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What We’re Reading: 09/06/19
… middle school and high school children.” ( From healthline.com ) Children with rare genetic disease find comfort in this … of this community. Don’t miss the video. ( From usatoday.com ) Weight-Loss Surgery May Reduce Heart Risks in People … for teens struggling with obesity. Columbia Ranked Top Medical Center for Research Columbia was named the top …
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Fighting For A New Way To Treat Difficult Cancers
… is a small field. I get the sense that if you're at the top of the field and you have been treating your patients one … to include proton therapy,” he says. “I'm too young to die of cancer, and I will die of old age now because I was fortunate enough to run into …
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Seeing the Liver for the Trees
… and recipient. In the U.S., where 12% of those in need may die waiting and 13% become too sick, more living liver … 12 percent of people who need a liver transplant will die waiting for one and 13 percent will become too sick to … can,” says Dr. Emond. “We think the number of people who die waiting for transplant is unacceptable. There’s really an …
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Winter 2018
… Message from the Chief Top Honors from U.S. News & World Report Surgical Sciences …
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, Summer 2018
… for Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD) One of the World’s Top Programs in Hybrid Cardiac Surgery Webinar Highlights …
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Quality, Full-Service Cosmetic Surgery
… partner NewYork-Presbyterian, we are one of the country's top hospitals as ranked by US World & News Report, our surgeons are featured on multiple “Top Doctor” lists, and most importantly of all, our patients … Magazine’s Best Doctors and Castle Connolly’s America’s Top Doctors . Dr. Ascherman offers a full spectrum of …
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Breast Augmentation (Mammoplasty)
… of surgical incisions Placement of the implants (on top of or underneath the chest muscle) Being informed and …
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President Grover Cleveland had a Deadly Secret
… cancerous tumor, and if it were not removed he would soon die. The newly re-elected President was at a crucial impasse; …
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