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NewYork-Presbyterian Queens Hospital at 56-45 Main St. in Flushing.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens recognized
for its exemplary surgical patient care
BY CARLOTTA MOHAMED
cmohamed@schnepsmedia.com
@QNS
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens
Hospital in Flushing received recognition
for meritorious outcomes for surgical
patient care in 2018 from the
American College of Surgeons.
“Th is designation refl ects a commitment
to surgical excellence at NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens. We have and will
continue to deliver sophisticated surgical
care to our community,” said Pierre
Saldinger, chief of surgery at NewYork-
Presbyterian Queens.
NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and
NewYork-Presbyterian Columbia
University Irving Medical Center were
selected as two of 88 ACS National
Surgical Quality Improvement Program
(ACS NSQIP) participating hospitals
that have achieved a meritorious composite
score in either an “All Cases” category
or a category that includes only
“High Risk” cases.
ACS NSQIP is a nationally validated,
risk-adjusted, outcomes-based program
to measure and improve the quality of
surgical care. Risk-adjusted data from
the July 2019 ACS NSQIP Semi-annual
Report, which presents data from the
2018 calendar year, were used to determine
which hospitals demonstrated
meritorious outcomes.
NewYorkPresbyterian-Queens has
been recognized on both the “All Cases”
and “High Risk” Meritorious lists.
Th e goal of ACS NSQIP is to reduce
morbidity (infection or illness related to
a surgical procedure) and surgical mortality
(death related to a surgical procedure)
and to provide a fi rm foundation
for surgeons to apply what is known
as the “best scientifi c evidence” to the
practice of surgery.
Furthermore, when adverse eff ects
from surgical procedures are reduced
and/or eliminated, a reduction in
healthcare costs follows. ACS NSQIP
is a major program of the American
College of Surgeons and is currently
used in nearly 850 adult and pediatric
hospitals.
“This designation refl ects
a commitment to surgical excellence
at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens."
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