{"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\/pt\/news\/blue-distinction-spine-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Southcoast Health recebe o reconhecimento da Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts por demonstrar excel\u00eancia cl\u00ednica em cirurgia da coluna \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Os hospitais Charlton Memorial e St. Luke's da Southcoast Health receberam o reconhecimento do programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care da Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>O Charlton Memorial Hospital foi designado como <strong>Blue Distinction\u00ae Centro de Cirurgia da Coluna Vertebral<\/strong> e o St. Luke's Hospital recebeu o pr\u00e9mio <strong>Designa\u00e7\u00e3o Blue Distinction\u00ae Center+ para Qualidade e Efici\u00eancia de Custos em Cirurgia da Coluna<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Estes reconhecimentos destacam as instala\u00e7\u00f5es de cuidados de sa\u00fade em todo o pa\u00eds que demonstram uma maior seguran\u00e7a dos doentes e melhores resultados em termos de sa\u00fade, com base em medidas objectivas que foram desenvolvidas pelas empresas Blue Cross e Blue Shield com o contributo da comunidade m\u00e9dica.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Estou muito orgulhoso do Programa para o C\u00e9rebro e a Coluna Vertebral da Southcoast Health\", afirmou <a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/doctors\/matthew-philips-md\/\"><strong>Matthew Philips, MD, Chefe dos Servi\u00e7os do C\u00e9rebro e da Coluna<\/strong><\/a><strong> <\/strong>na Southcoast Health. \"A nossa equipa multidisciplinar utiliza ferramentas de diagn\u00f3stico avan\u00e7adas e os mais recentes tratamentos cir\u00fargicos com cuidados personalizados e centrados no paciente para garantir que cada indiv\u00edduo recebe um tratamento \u00e0 sua medida. Esta designa\u00e7\u00e3o confirma a confian\u00e7a que a nossa comunidade deposita em n\u00f3s todos os dias.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambos os hospitais foram designados por demonstrarem experi\u00eancia em procedimentos de fus\u00e3o cervical e lombar, laminectomia cervical e laminectomia lombar\/discectomia, resultando em menos complica\u00e7\u00f5es para os pacientes e readmiss\u00f5es hospitalares em compara\u00e7\u00e3o com outros hospitais. Para manter o seu estatuto de designa\u00e7\u00e3o, cada hospital tamb\u00e9m cumpre as normas nacionais de acredita\u00e7\u00e3o exigidas a todos os hospitais designados.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Luke's Hospital \u00e9 um dos seis \u00fanicos hospitais comunit\u00e1rios no estado de Massachusetts a receber a designa\u00e7\u00e3o Blue Distinction Center+. Este reconhecimento destaca o compromisso do hospital em fornecer cuidados de coluna de alta qualidade e econ\u00f3micos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\"Estamos honrados por sermos reconhecidos pela Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts por cumprirmos os rigorosos crit\u00e9rios de sele\u00e7\u00e3o para cirurgia da coluna vertebral definidos pelo programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care\", disse David O. McCready, Presidente e CEO da Southcoast Health. \"Este reconhecimento reflecte o compromisso da Southcoast Health com os mais elevados padr\u00f5es de cuidados cir\u00fargicos. A compet\u00eancia e dedica\u00e7\u00e3o da nossa equipa Southcoast Health Brain &amp; Spine \u00e9 inigual\u00e1vel, estamos todos gratos pelo seu empenho em melhorar a vida dos nossos pacientes e das comunidades que servimos.\"<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Para al\u00e9m destes reconhecimentos mais recentes, a Southcoast Health recebeu reconhecimentos do programa Blue Distinction Specialty Care pelo seguinte<\/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>Substitui\u00e7\u00e3o do joelho e da anca<\/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<\/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 o Southcoast Health Brain &amp; Spine, visite <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.southcoast.org\/pt\/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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