Centers of Excellence: Debunked
Hospital label won’t mean better weight surgery
‘Centers of excellence’ have as many deaths, complications, researchers say
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CHICAGO - Despite the fancy label, hospitals designated bariatric surgery "centers of excellence" have as many deaths and complications from the weight-loss procedure as others, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
The extra cost and effort required by hospitals to earn such a designation might not be worth it, they said.
This report just strengthens my suspicions ..What was even more shocking I thought were those last bit of stats, about SO vs. MO patients and long-term weight loss: 90% of MO patients get to "overweight" vs. less than 50% of SO patients?
Dang, that's a discouraging word for us SO and ex-SOers .. 
I wonder if the rates just for DS patients are comparable to the general WLS stats? 
Frank talk about the DS / "All I ever wanted to be was thin, like that Rolling Stones dude ... "
HW/461 LW/251 GW/189 CW/274 (yep, a DS semi-failure - it happens :-( )
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
Yeah, should be called 'Center of Insurance Hoops'.
Fricking joke.
~ I am the proud wife of a Guatemalan, but most people call me Kimberley
Highest Known Weight = 370# / 59.7 bmi @ 5'6"
Current Weight = 168# / 26.4 bmi : fluctuates 5# either way @ 5'7" / more than 90% EWL
Normal BMI (24.9) = 159#: would have to compromise my muscle mass to get here without plastics, so this is not a goal.
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Recently, I had to laugh in the face of one of my friends who tried to tell me that they were having their surgery at a COE because they are better than other hospitals. Of course, she is also getting a LB because it is "safer" and "less invasive."
HW 318/ SW 308/ CW 116/ GW 125 (updated 11/11/09)
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Century Club 03/27/09 Onderland 04/15/09 Goal Met: 02/26/10
furniture that fits (doc office & hospital)
toilets have to hold up to 600 # (no wall mounts)
Staff SUPPOSEDLY undergo "sensitivity training"
There were a few good things. But yeah. The concept was kinda good, HAVE SOME KINDA STANDARD. But it was kinda perverted immediately.
Michelle
RNY, distal, 10/5/94
P.S. My year + long absence has NOTHING to do with my WLS, or my type of WLS. See my profile.
Personally I think the Center of Excellence thing is a big joke. When researching my insurance, I found out that the COE thing was associated with the Insurance Companies and the American Bariatric Society. They base their decision to make someone or a hospital a COE based on statistics.
So Hospitals or Doctors that take on easy no-risk cases have excellent statistics. Apparently the statistics don't weigh degree of difficulty in procedures.
