Federal and State governments, private purchasers, physicians, nurses, insurers, labor unions, health plans, hospitals, accreditation organizations, and others have begun to address some of the significant quality problems in the United States health care system. One approach they have taken is to improve the ability to measure and report on the quality of care being delivered. The reporting of quality measures prompts a closer look at provider or health plan practices both as feedback for clinicians or as publicly available scorecards for consumers and purchasers to evaluate. Several of these endeavors have led to improvements in the quality of care and in the health outcomes for consumers, while often saving costs. Among these are:
Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital performs key hole heart bypass surgery
4 hours ago A view of the Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital, Dubai.
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An innovative heart surgery was done recently at the Department of Heart Surgery at Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital in Dubai. The patient was discharged following the surgery in 3 days. It was a Minimally Invasive or Key hole heart bypass surgery.
Mr. Korah, a 49-year-old Dubai resident, needed an urgent heart bypass surgery as he had severe coronary artery disease with a heart function of only 25-30% and was on total blood thinning medications.
To greatly reduce and eliminate the risk of this high-risk operation he had his heart by-pass surgery done via the Minimally invasive or key hole Heart Bypass surgery technique at the Dr Sulaiman Al Habib Hospital.
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He logs onto his laptop and navigates to the appointment page of a local health-care clinic. He enters a stranger s personal information and he waits.