{"id":278562,"date":"2025-10-02T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/?post_type=news&#038;p=278562"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T15:08:59","slug":"expert-knee-and-hip-care","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/news\/expert-knee-and-hip-care\/","title":{"rendered":"O Charlton Memorial Hospital obt\u00e9m a designa\u00e7\u00e3o Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para cuidados especializados em cirurgias de substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho e da anca"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>O Charlton Memorial Hospital da Southcoast Health foi designado como um Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para Substitui\u00e7\u00f5es de Joelho e Anca pela Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os Centros de Distin\u00e7\u00e3o Azul s\u00e3o instala\u00e7\u00f5es de cuidados de sa\u00fade reconhecidas a n\u00edvel nacional, conhecidas pelos seus cuidados de elevada qualidade e seguran\u00e7a dos doentes. Para obter este reconhecimento, t\u00eam de cumprir crit\u00e9rios rigorosos definidos pelo programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Os nossos pacientes merecem os melhores cuidados poss\u00edveis e esta conquista confirma que t\u00eam acesso local a cuidados ortop\u00e9dicos de alta qualidade e reconhecidos a n\u00edvel nacional, aqui mesmo na Southcoast Health\", afirmou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/michael-langworthy-md\/\"><strong>Michael Langworthy, MD, Chefe de Ortopedia<\/strong><\/a> da Southcoast Health. \"Representa tamb\u00e9m a compet\u00eancia, dedica\u00e7\u00e3o e colabora\u00e7\u00e3o excepcionais de toda a nossa equipa de ortopedia. Estou orgulhoso de tudo o que fazem para prestar os melhores cuidados e servi\u00e7os, juntamente com os tratamentos e inova\u00e7\u00f5es mais avan\u00e7ados, incluindo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/1000-robotic-surgery-procedures\/\">cirurgia rob\u00f3tica<\/a> ofertas, aos nossos doentes\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Atualmente, a Southcoast Health Orthopedics realiza mais de 1.000 cirurgias de substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho e da anca por ano, sendo que mais de 90 por cento dos pacientes electivos t\u00eam alta diretamente para casa para recupera\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Ser reconhecido como um Blue Distinction Center + \u00e9 uma honra incr\u00edvel que destaca a experi\u00eancia que nossas equipes fornecem todos os dias na Southcoast Health \", disse David O. McCready, presidente e CEO da Southcoast Health. \"Isso refor\u00e7a nosso compromisso de oferecer cuidados excepcionais, qualidade e servi\u00e7o aos nossos pacientes.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Os hospitais designados como Blue Distinction Centers+ for Knee and Hip Replacements demonstram experi\u00eancia em cirurgias de substitui\u00e7\u00e3o total do joelho e da anca, o que resulta em menos complica\u00e7\u00f5es para os doentes e readmiss\u00f5es hospitalares. Os hospitais designados devem tamb\u00e9m manter a acredita\u00e7\u00e3o nacional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Al\u00e9m disso, a Southcoast Health recebeu o reconhecimento do programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care pelos seguintes servi\u00e7os:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Centro de Distin\u00e7\u00e3o Azul\u00ae para <strong>Cirurgia bari\u00e1trica<\/strong> nos Hospitais Charlton Memorial e Tobey<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Cuidados card\u00edacos<\/strong> no Charlton Memorial Hospital<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Cuidados de maternidade<\/strong> no Charlton Memorial e no St. Luke's Hospitals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centro de Distin\u00e7\u00e3o Azul\u00ae para <strong>Cirurgia da coluna vertebral <\/strong>no Charlton Memorial<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para <strong>Cirurgia da coluna vertebral<\/strong> no St. Luke's Hospital<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Desde 2006, o programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care tem ajudado os doentes a encontrar prestadores de qualidade para as suas necessidades de cuidados especializados nas \u00e1reas da cirurgia bari\u00e1trica, cuidados card\u00edacos, cancros complexos e raros, pr\u00f3teses do joelho e da anca, cuidados de maternidade, cirurgia da coluna vertebral e transplantes, ao mesmo tempo que incentiva os profissionais de sa\u00fade a melhorar os cuidados que prestam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Para obter mais informa\u00e7\u00f5es sobre a Southcoast Health Orthopedics, visite: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/services\/orthopedics\/\">www.southcoast.org\/services\/orthopedics<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":278565,"template":"","categories":[1233],"class_list":["post-278562","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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