Bariatric Hospitals as Safe as Centers of Excellence
Wednesday April 29 2009posted by Adam - Total Comments: 0
A recent study in the archives of surgery says that bariatric surgery centers without Center of Excellence designation are as safe as those with the designation.
Weight Loss Surgical Center is a bariatric specialty ambulatory surgical center. The Center of Excellence designation only benefits hospitals who wish to serve Medicare patients. Not conforming to those requirements allows us to streamline our overall process and get patients into surgery fast. We can avoid the time-consuming steps that add little or no value.
Many patients seek us out for our ability to help them get the surgery done safely and quickly. You can be assured that with the volume of cases we do, you will receive top-notch care at Weight Loss Surgical Center, and this study affirms that surgeries done in facilities like ours are as safe as those with the COE designation.
The author of the study was quoted in an article on Reuters (Hospital label no guarantee of better weight surgery) saying that a Center of Excellence seal does not ensure better outcomes, and the extra expense associated with achieving the designation may not be warranted.