by
Sean Ruck, Contributing Editor | December 11, 2014
From the December 2014 issue of HealthCare Business News magazine
HCBN: How popular are the new minimally invasive procedures Palm Beach Gardens offers for valve replacements?
LC: I think they’re very popular especially for those who have no other surgical options — they couldn’t undergo the anesthesia or recovery time. So this option can really give them a new lease on life. People are scheduling and traveling to us for this.
HCBN: Are there any other procedures new to your facility?
LC: We just started doing a new procedure called mitral clip — it’s a pretty big deal, it effects about 10 percent of adults age 60 and over — we just did our first successful procedure last week.
HCBN: LeapFrog Group has given your facility an “A” rating in patient safety three consecutive times. How does your staff reach this level of safety and maintain it?
LC: We’ve also been recognized by Joint Commission as a top hospital. The key to that, we’re a very data-driven organization and we monitor that every day. If we see trends going in the wrong direction, we’re able to fix it. We also have a very committed group of staff and doctors dedicated to the patients.
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