Measuring Quality of Lung Surgery-Mayo Clinic

Even though 30,000 patients in the United States undergo lung surgery each year, no standard criteria exist to measure the quality of their care. In the current issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic surgeons have proposed a system of lung surgery quality indicators for surgeons and the public as a method to demonstrate best practices for obtaining positive patient outcomes.
Death rates following surgery are frequently reported. However, because they aren't adjusted for factors such as patient age and disease severity, they don't tell the whole story. To overcome this lack of risk adjustment in death rate data, the Mayo Clinic team proposed patient-centered processes that should occur prior to, during and after surgery to assure the likelihood of best surgical outcomes.
"There are certain processes that we can measure and report that clearly indicate whether patients have received high-quality care around the time of their lung operation," explains Stephen Cassivi, M.D., Mayo Clinic thoracic surgeon and lead study author.

Click on the following link for more information on this study: http://newsblog.mayoclinic.org/2008/09/09/mayo-clinic-surgeons-propose-measur...

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[LeeAase]

Thanks for your comment, iahawkfan4life. I'll be sure to pass it along to Dr. Cassivi.

[iahawkfan4life]

This guy, Dr. Steven Cassivi saved my dads life! He and the staff of St Mary's and of course some divine intervention are the reason he is alive.

[jmbphilcrafts]

Was the video taken at the hospital or taped at doctors office? It looks like it was taped somewhere at the corner or garage.