{"id":39478,"date":"2025-08-14T19:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T19:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live-southcoast-health-multi.southcoast-health.org\/news\/blue-distinction-spine-surgery\/"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:55:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:55:20","slug":"blue-distinction-spine-surgery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/news\/blue-distinction-spine-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Southcoast Health recibe el reconocimiento de Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts por su excelencia cl\u00ednica en cirug\u00eda de columna vertebral \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los hospitales Charlton Memorial y St. Luke's de Southcoast Health han obtenido los reconocimientos del programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care de Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Hospital Charlton Memorial fue designado <strong>Blue Distinction\u00ae Centro de Cirug\u00eda de Columna<\/strong> y el Hospital St. Luke's ha obtenido el <strong>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ Designation por su calidad y rentabilidad en cirug\u00eda de columna vertebral<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estos reconocimientos destacan los centros sanitarios de todo el pa\u00eds que demuestran una mayor seguridad del paciente y mejores resultados sanitarios, bas\u00e1ndose en medidas objetivas desarrolladas por las compa\u00f1\u00edas Blue Cross and Blue Shield con la colaboraci\u00f3n de la comunidad m\u00e9dica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Estoy muy orgulloso del Programa de Cerebro y Columna Vertebral de Southcoast Health\", dijo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/doctors\/matthew-philips-md\/\"><strong>Dr. Matthew Philips, Jefe de los Servicios de Cerebro y Columna Vertebral<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>en Southcoast Health. \"Nuestro equipo multidisciplinar utiliza herramientas de diagn\u00f3stico avanzadas y los \u00faltimos tratamientos quir\u00fargicos con una atenci\u00f3n personalizada y centrada en el paciente para garantizar que cada persona reciba un tratamiento a su medida. Esta designaci\u00f3n afirma la confianza que nuestra comunidad deposita en nosotros cada d\u00eda.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambos hospitales fueron designados por demostrar su experiencia en procedimientos de fusi\u00f3n cervical y lumbar, laminectom\u00eda cervical y laminectom\u00eda\/discectom\u00eda lumbar, lo que se traduce en menos complicaciones para los pacientes y menos reingresos hospitalarios en comparaci\u00f3n con otros hospitales. Para mantener su designaci\u00f3n, cada hospital tambi\u00e9n cumple las normas nacionales de acreditaci\u00f3n exigidas a todos los hospitales designados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke's Hospital es uno de los seis \u00fanicos hospitales comunitarios del estado de Massachusetts que han recibido la designaci\u00f3n Blue Distinction Center+. Este reconocimiento destaca el compromiso del hospital con la prestaci\u00f3n de cuidados de la columna vertebral de alta calidad y rentables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Es un honor para nosotros recibir el reconocimiento de Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts por cumplir los rigurosos criterios de selecci\u00f3n para cirug\u00eda de columna vertebral establecidos por el programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care\", afirm\u00f3 David O. McCready, presidente y director ejecutivo de Southcoast Health. \"Este reconocimiento refleja el compromiso de Southcoast Health con los m\u00e1s altos est\u00e1ndares de atenci\u00f3n quir\u00fargica. La habilidad y dedicaci\u00f3n de nuestro equipo de Southcoast Health Brain &amp; Spine es inigualable, todos estamos agradecidos por su compromiso para mejorar la vida de nuestros pacientes y las comunidades a las que servimos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adem\u00e1s de estos reconocimientos m\u00e1s recientes, Southcoast Health ha obtenido reconocimientos del programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care por lo siguiente:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Centro Blue Distinction\u00ae para <strong>Cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica<\/strong> en los hospitales Charlton Memorial y Tobey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Atenci\u00f3n cardiaca<\/strong> en el Hospital Charlton Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla y cadera<\/strong> en el Hospital Charlton Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Maternidad<\/strong> en los hospitales Charlton Memorial y St. Luke's<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde 2006, el programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care ha ayudado a los pacientes a encontrar proveedores de calidad para sus necesidades de atenci\u00f3n especializada en las \u00e1reas de cirug\u00eda bari\u00e1trica, atenci\u00f3n cardiaca, c\u00e1nceres complejos y poco frecuentes, pr\u00f3tesis de rodilla y cadera, maternidad, cirug\u00eda de columna y trasplantes, al tiempo que anima a los profesionales sanitarios a mejorar la atenci\u00f3n que prestan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para m\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre Southcoast Health Brain &amp; Spine, visite <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/es\/services\/brain-and-spine-treatment\/\">www.southcoast.org\/services\/brain-and-spine-treatment<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":39479,"template":"","categories":[1233],"class_list":["post-39478","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-and-achievements"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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