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NYS Report Ranks LIJ, North Shore University Hospital Among New York's Best for Angioplasty Survival
Three North Shore-LIJ Cardiologists Among Top Six in State Long Island, NY, November 30, 2006 -- A new state report shows that North Shore University Hospital (NSUH) in Manhasset and Long Island Jewish (LIJ) Medical Center in New Hyde Park were among the top three in New York to receive a double-star ranking for angioplasty success rates during 2002-2004, even though the procedure is routinely performed on high-risk patients. Angioplasty is a procedure used to clear blocked heart arteries and increase blood flow. The New York State Department of Health (DOH) recently released the latest three-year report, which reviews-adjusted angioplasty outcomes for 48 hospitals and approximately 350 cardiologists performing the procedure. Double-star rankings are assigned to hospitals and physicians that have risk-adjusted survival rates that, from a statistical standpoint, are significantly better that the state average. The same report also showed that Barry Kaplan, MD, director of cardiac catheterization at LIJ; Jason Freeman, MD, a cardiologist at NSUH; and Ezra Deutsch, MD, a cardiologist at NSUH and Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, were three of six physicians to receive the double-star ranking for New York State’s lowest mortality rate among cardiologists who perform angioplasty. Dr. Kaplan has now received a double-star ranking for each of the past five reporting periods. He is one of only two cardiologists in the state to receive this honor in every New York State report since 1998. LIJ had a statistically lower-risk adjusted angioplasty mortality rate (0.35), handling 4,918 cases during that three-year period. During that same period, NSUH also had a statistically lower-risk adjusted angioplasty mortality rate (0.42), with 10,274 angioplasty procedures. “Long Islanders should be thankful to know that of the five hospitals in their region reviewed in the state Health Department’s most recent report, three had outcomes that were the best in the state,” said Dennis Dowling executive director of NSUH and LIJ, noting that Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola was the only other hospital in the state besides North Shore and LIJ to achieve the double-star designation. “In this era of public disclosure of clinical outcomes, patients and their families should take the opportunity to avail themselves of this highly useful data compiled by the state.” Included in the DOH report is the collective risk profile of the angioplasty patients for each hospital and physician. “The DOH report revealed that LIJ and NSUH perform procedures on high-risk patients – and still have the best success rates in the state,” said Stanley Katz, MD, vice president of cardiovascular services for North Shore-LIJ Health System. “This type of statistical medical information is important for the public to have access to so that they can make an informed decision about their healthcare providers.” LIJ is the only hospital in the state to perform a majority of angioplasty procedures using the radial approach, a technique in which the procedure is performed through the patient’s wrist instead of the groin. The radial approach has been shown to reduce bleeding complications and allows for quicker walking after the procedure. The DOH’s full report can by found online at: http://www.health.state.ny.us/nysdoh/heart/heart_disease.htm. Scroll down to “percutaneous coronary interventions.” Source: North Shore - Long Island Jewish Health System |
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