Cincinnati's
The Christ Hospital Kidney Transplant Program has been named a Center of Excellence by one of the country's largest health and wellness companies.
OptumHealth, in Golden Valley, in Minnesota, based the prestigious Center of Excellence designation on benchmarks developed by the company and its Clinical Sciences Institute.
The designation is a boost for The Christ Hospital because OptumHealth will include the hospital in its Center of Excellence network. The network connects patients with complex medical problems to providers that demonstrate quality and cost effectiveness in handling them.
Among the indicators examined are procedural volume and associated outcomes; stability of team; projected trends and technological advances in the specific field of medical science.
"Our kidney transplant care team does an outstanding job of combining clinical excellence with personalized, attentive care to achieve better outcomes," said Deborah Hayes, R.N., M.S., N.E.A.-B.C., chief hospital officer, The Christ Hospital. "Their skills and compassion have helped hundreds of families who have dealt with the trials of kidney disease realize a much better quality of life."
More than 1,500 kidney transplants have been performed at The Christ Hospital since 1972.
Writer: Feoshia Henderson
Source: Michael Beauchat, The Christ Hospital
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