Hi kief1117-ga,
Thank you for your question.
The following is not an endorsement of any specific center or
hospital, nor is it a substitute for consulting with qualified health
professionals who are familiar with your individual medical needs. All
matters about your health should be under professional medical
supervision
On the US News Website I found the America's Best Hospitals 2002
ranking. The 205 top medical centers in 17 specialties are ranked.
US News Website
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/tophosp.htm
The ranking of the 50 best hospitals for Digestive Disorders are
scored by Rank, U.S. News Index, Reputational score, Mortality ratio,
Discharges, R.N.'s to beds, Technology services(of 8)and Trauma
center. Chronic Pancreatitis is grouped in this category.
The following are the ten best hospitals.
1 Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
2 Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore
3 Cleveland Clinic
4 Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
5 Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York
6 University of Chicago Hospitals
7 UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles
8 Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.
9 University of California, San Francisco Medical Center
10 University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
The complete list which includes their respective scores is found
here.
US News Website
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/rankings/specihqgast.htm
Ranking details and contact information for each hospital is made
available by clicking on the name of the hospital.
US News Website
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/rankings/specihqgast.htm
The methodology used: “In 13 of the 17 specialties, a hospital first
must meet one of three standards to be considered: membership in the
Council of Teaching Hospitals, affiliation with a medical school, or
availability of at least nine of 17 specified items of medical
technology. That whittled the 6,045 hospitals down to 1,958. In each
specialty, a hospital must perform a given number of procedures or had
to be cited by at least one physician in the past three years of U.S.
News surveys. These hospitals received a score (the U.S. News Index)
that equally weighs reputation, mortality, and a group of care-related
factors such as nursing. Each specialty's 50 highest-scoring hospitals
are listed.”
US News Website
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/nycu/health/hosptl/methodology.htm
An expanded version of the "America's Best Hospitals" methodology is
available for download here: http://www.norc.org/new/IHQ2002.PDF
“Using original survey data and secondary analyses of data from the
American Hospital Association and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services, National Opinion Research Center (NORC) creates an Index of
Hospital Quality on an annual basis
National Opinion Research Center Website.
http://www.norc.org/issues/besthospitals.asp
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print or read the above publication.
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You can find specific information on chronic pancreatitis for each
hospital by going to their homepage. An example of two:
“The Center for Pancreaticobiliary Diseases at the Digestive Disorder
Center of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center offers the most
comprehensive and state-of-the-art management of pancreaticobiliary
diseases available in the country. ..The University of Pittsburgh is
the world leader in discovering the genetic predispositions to
pancreatic diseases.”
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Website
http://www.upmc.edu/Gastroenterology/CenPan.htm
“A top priority of The Center is to advance research to improve the
treatment of patients with liver, biliary, and pancreatic disorders”
Massachusetts General Hospital Website
http://www.mgh.harvard.edu/gastroenterology/gastro_lbp.htm
Additional information that may interest you:
A comprehensive article from the eMedicine Journal about Chronic
Pancreatitis:“Authored by Paul Yakshe, MD, Medical Director of
Pancreas and Biliary Clinic, Assistant Professor, Department of
Internal Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and
Nutrition, Fairview University Medical Center and University of
Minnesota.”
eMedicine Journal, March 4 2002, Volume 3, Number 3
http://www.emedicine.com/MED/topic1721.htm
The MediFocus Guide to Chronic Pancreatitis can be bought online. This
guidebook includes information on “Medical Experts - state by state,
country by country, the leading doctors, hospitals and research
centers handling chronic pancreatitis.” The guide is available “either
as a download file ($19.95) that you can read with your standard word
processor or print out yourself, or as a printed report ($29.95) sent
to you in the mail.”
MediFocus Guide Website
http://www.medifocus.com/guide_detail.asp?gid=GS007&a=a&assoc=linkshare
Search terms used:
Chronic Pancreatitis health centers
Chronic Pancreatitis hospitals treatments
leading Chronic Pancreatitis hospitals
I hope you find this information useful.
Best regards,
Bobbie7 |
