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Contact: Kristi Gooden, 615/284-5446 kristi.gooden@baptisthospital.com
THE METABOLIC SURGERY CENTER AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL NAMED OPTUMHEALTH BARIATRIC CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE
Nashville, Tenn. - July 26, 2010 - The Clinical Sciences Institute of OptumHealth has designated Baptist Hospital as an OptumHealth Bariatric Center of Excellence.
The network's Center of Excellence criteria is developed by OptumHealth's Clinical Sciences Institute, a group of more than 100 practicing clinical experts, to quantify excellence and distinguish providers of complex health care. Evaluation criteria are reviewed and revised on a regular basis in order to incorporate current quality parameters and benchmarks as they relate to the applicable field of medicine.
Each medical center is evaluated annually and general measures include:
- Volumes and outcomes of procedures
- Demonstration of best-practice medicine
- Quality of relationships with referring physicians and payers
- The makeup and stability of the program team
- Clinical research and results
- Program depth and breadth
- Treatment planning and coordination
- Quality of patient/family-oriented services
- Proof of a multidisciplinary approach to health care
The Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital is one of the most comprehensive weight loss surgery programs in the country, providing patients with proven open and laparoscopic surgical options, such as Lap-Band, gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and duodenal switch, which correct metabolic deficiencies. The center and its surgeons are also designated as a Bariatric Surgery Center of Excellence by the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery.
For more information about the center, call (615) 284-2400 or visit www.baptistweightloss.com. The Metabolic Surgery Center at Baptist Hospital is located adjacent to the hospital in Medical Plaza I at 2021 Church Street, Suite 104, in Nashville, Tenn.
Baptist Hospital is a member of Saint Thomas Health Services, a faith-based ministry with more than 6,500 associates serving Middle Tennessee. Saint Thomas Health Services' (STHS) regional health system consists of five hospitals – Baptist and Saint Thomas Hospitals and the Center for Spinal Surgery in Nashville, Middle Tennessee Medical Center in Murfreesboro and Hickman Community Hospital in Centerville – and a comprehensive network of affiliated joint ventures in diagnostics, cardiac services and ambulatory surgery as well as medical practices, clinics and rehabilitation facilities. STHS is a member of Ascension Health, a Catholic organization that is the largest not-for-profit health system in the United States. For more information, visit www.baptisthospital.com or www.sths.com.