2007-2008 Hospital & Surgeon Report (full report).
This report is a public disclosure of the quality of care provided by hospitals and surgeons performing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery in California during 2007 and 2008. It is the sixth heart bypass surgery report developed by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) covering all of California's 122 state licensed hospitals where this procedure is performed and is the third report to detail results for all 279 responsible surgeons who performed the surgery.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011
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Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery in California, 2007-2008
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
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The Boston Globe
Article in the Boston Globe: State officials review heart program at Beth Israel. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/03/state_officials_review_heart_program_at_beth_israel/
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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The Boston Globe
In the online White Coat Notes of the Boston Globe, Death rate was high for some Beth Israel Deaconess heart patients, Liz Kowalczyk reports on the Beth Israel Deaconess's mortality rate for emergency cardiac catheterization patients.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2011
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The Boston Herald
In the online edition of the Boston Herald: Mortality rate improves for Mass. heart patients, as reported by the Associated Press.
http://www.bostonherald.com/jobfind/news/healthcare/view/20110302mortality_rate_improves_for_mass_heart_patients/srvc=home&position=also -
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
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Resnic et. al. publication in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Improvement in Mortality Risk Prediction After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Through the Addition of a "Compassionate Use" Variable to the National Cardiovascular Data Registry CathPCI Dataset: A Study From the Massachusetts Angioplasty Registry
http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/8/904
OBJECTIVES: This study investigated the impact of adding novel elements to models predicting in-hospital mortality after percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs).
CONCLUSIONS: A small proportion of patients at extreme risk of post-PCI mortality can be identified using pre-procedural factors not routinely collected, but that heighten predictive accuracy. Such improvements in model performance may result in greater confidence in reporting of risk-adjusted PCI outcomes.
Copyright © 2011 American College of Cardiology Foundation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.