DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --
Baylor Scott & White Health
today announces an alliance with Cleveland Clinic's Sydell and
Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute. The alliance
creates a collaboration involving the academic, clinical and
research components of Cleveland Clinic and three Baylor Scott & White Health hospitals:
- Baylor Jack and Jane Hamilton Heart and Vascular
Hospital
- Baylor University Medical Center at
Dallas
- The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano
The three Baylor Scott &
White Health hospitals will be the exclusive providers for
Texas and Oklahoma cardiac patient referrals from the
Cleveland Clinic's Cardiovascular Specialty Network, which allows
patients to seek Cleveland Clinic-directed care closer to home.
Baylor Scott & White Health
joins two other alliances in Cleveland Clinic's Cardiovascular
Specialty Network: North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System in
New York and MedStar Heart
Institute in Washington, D.C.
Under the agreement, Cleveland Clinic and the three
Baylor Scott & White Health
hospitals will share best practices, coordinate care and develop
programs to improve quality and patient safety.
"With so much talk of consolidation and collaboration in health
care today, this is an example of the types of collaborations of
the future," said Joel Allison, CEO
of Baylor Scott & White Health.
"We are honored to be selected for this cardiovascular specialty
network, and we're excited to welcome patients from throughout
Texas and Oklahoma."
"Teamwork is the next phase of American medicine. Hospitals and
medical centers are reaching out across cities, regions and state
lines. We're finding new ways to combine our strengths for better
patient care," said Toby Cosgrove,
M.D., president and CEO of Cleveland Clinic. "We share a common
goal: to eradicate heart disease in our time."
"As we sought high quality alliance members, we assessed
Baylor Scott and White Health's
cardiac programs, infrastructure, resources and outcomes to ensure
the system could provide comparable quality to our mission," said
Joseph Cacchione, M.D., Cardiologist
and Chairman of Operations and Strategy at Cleveland Clinic's Heart
& Vascular Institute. "This alliance will allow us to deliver
world-class care to patients who live in Texas and Oklahoma."
Michael Mack, M.D., Baylor Scott & White Health medical director
of cardiovascular services, said patients would be paired with
cardiovascular specialists based on expertise, experience and track
record of successful outcomes. "We are thrilled to be selected by
Cleveland Clinic for this alliance and to be recognized for the
quality care we have provided to our patients over the years," Mack
said. "We look forward to the opportunity to serve the patients of
Texas and Oklahoma."
The three Baylor Scott &
White Health hospitals have a track record of innovation and
quality care:
- Baylor Hamilton Heart and
Vascular Hospital opened in 2002 as the North Texas region's first hospital dedicated
solely to heart and vascular care. In 2014, it was awarded the
Texas Award for Performance Excellence (TAPE), the state's highest
honor for quality and organizational performance.
- Baylor University Medical Center at
Dallas, the flagship hospital of
Baylor Scott & White Health –
North Texas division, is ranked #1
Best Hospital in the Dallas metro
area by U.S. News & World Report. The Ventricular
Assist Device Program for heart failure patients at Baylor University Medical Center was the first in
the country to receive the Gold Seal of Approvalâ„¢ from The Joint
Commission. Most notably, the hospital has the second largest
heart transplant program by volume in the country with outcomes
that exceed the national average.
- The Heart Hospital Baylor Plano is the largest cardiovascular
specialty hospital in the country. The hospital ranks in the top 8
percent in quality based on scoring the highest rating from The
Society of Thoracic Surgeons for aortic valve replacement, coronary
artery bypass surgery, and aortic valve replacement with coronary
artery bypass graft procedures in 2013, an achievement only 14
hospitals in the country have earned.
About Baylor Scott & White
Health
Baylor Scott & White Health, the
organization formed from the 2013 merger between Baylor Health Care
System and Scott & White Healthcare, is today the largest
not-for-profit health care system in the state of Texas. With total assets of $9 billion* and serving a population larger than
the state of Virginia,
Baylor Scott & White Health has
the vision and resources to provide its patients continued quality
care while creating a model system for a dramatically changing
health care environment. The organization now includes 49
hospitals, more than 800 access points, more than 5,800 active
physicians, 35,000 employees and the Scott & White Health Plan.
For More Information visit:
BaylorScottandWhite.com
* based on unaudited 2014 fiscal year statements
About Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit multispecialty academic medical
center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and
education. Located in Cleveland,
Ohio, it was founded in 1921 by four renowned physicians
with a vision of providing outstanding patient care based upon the
principles of cooperation, compassion and innovation. Cleveland
Clinic has pioneered many medical breakthroughs, including coronary
artery bypass surgery and the first face transplant in the United States. U.S. News & World
Report consistently names Cleveland Clinic as one of the
nation's best hospitals in its annual "America's Best Hospitals"
survey. More than 3,000 full-time salaried physicians and
researchers and 11,000 nurses represent 120 medical specialties and
subspecialties. The Cleveland Clinic health system includes a main
campus near downtown Cleveland,
eight community hospitals, more than 75 Northern Ohio outpatient locations, including
16 full-service Family Health Centers, Cleveland Clinic Florida,
the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health in Las Vegas, Cleveland Clinic Canada, and,
scheduled to begin seeing patients in 2015, Cleveland Clinic Abu
Dhabi. In 2012, there were 5.1 million outpatient visits throughout
the Cleveland Clinic health system and 157,000 hospital admissions.
Patients came for treatment from every state and from more than 130
countries. Visit us at www.clevelandclinic.org. Follow us at
www.twitter.com/ClevelandClinic.
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