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AUA AND NORK MARASH MEDICAL CENTER AUTHOR A STUDY ON QUALITY OF INTENSIVE CARE
Armenpress
Apr 26 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS; The American University of Armenia
(AUA) said the April 2006 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Asian
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals presented findings from a study by
lead author Lusine Abrahamyan, MD, MPH, which demonstrated that quality
of care at Nork Marash Medical Center (NMMC) following coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, measured in terms of post operative
complications and ICU stays, are comparable to those reported by
major international cardiac surgery centers.
According to co-author and Surgical Consultant at NMMC Dr. Hrair
Hovaguimian, "This article is an important step toward establishing
systems for outcomes reporting in parallel with international
standards."
AUA/CHSR faculty Anahit Demirchyan, MD, MPH, and Michael Thompson,
MS, DrPH, also co-authors noted, "The study reported here was a small
part of a five-year privately funded collaborative project between the
Center for Health Services Research and Development of the American
University of Armenia (AUA/CHSR) and the Nork Marash Medical Center
focused on assessing and improving the quality of care at NMMC." Lead
author Lusine Abrahamyan, now a PhD candidate at the University of
Toronto, noted that "These results not only attest to the quality
of care at NMMC, but also provide important insights for individual
patient counseling."
"AUA students, graduates and faculty working together with the Medical
Staff of the Hospital undertook a thorough study and evaluation of all
functions and procedures in the hospital with the express purpose of
raising its standards to accepted international norms. To say that
the Hospital and AUA achieved its goals is both an understatement
and a tribute to all those who worked on the project.
Their professional expertise and personal commitment has manifested
itself in a higher standard of care, the direct beneficiary of which is
each and every patient that enters the Hospital. My congratulations
to them all," added Mr. Edward Avedisian, who generously funded
this project.
Armenpress
Apr 26 2006
YEREVAN, APRIL 26, ARMENPRESS; The American University of Armenia
(AUA) said the April 2006 issue of the peer-reviewed journal Asian
Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals presented findings from a study by
lead author Lusine Abrahamyan, MD, MPH, which demonstrated that quality
of care at Nork Marash Medical Center (NMMC) following coronary artery
bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, measured in terms of post operative
complications and ICU stays, are comparable to those reported by
major international cardiac surgery centers.
According to co-author and Surgical Consultant at NMMC Dr. Hrair
Hovaguimian, "This article is an important step toward establishing
systems for outcomes reporting in parallel with international
standards."
AUA/CHSR faculty Anahit Demirchyan, MD, MPH, and Michael Thompson,
MS, DrPH, also co-authors noted, "The study reported here was a small
part of a five-year privately funded collaborative project between the
Center for Health Services Research and Development of the American
University of Armenia (AUA/CHSR) and the Nork Marash Medical Center
focused on assessing and improving the quality of care at NMMC." Lead
author Lusine Abrahamyan, now a PhD candidate at the University of
Toronto, noted that "These results not only attest to the quality
of care at NMMC, but also provide important insights for individual
patient counseling."
"AUA students, graduates and faculty working together with the Medical
Staff of the Hospital undertook a thorough study and evaluation of all
functions and procedures in the hospital with the express purpose of
raising its standards to accepted international norms. To say that
the Hospital and AUA achieved its goals is both an understatement
and a tribute to all those who worked on the project.
Their professional expertise and personal commitment has manifested
itself in a higher standard of care, the direct beneficiary of which is
each and every patient that enters the Hospital. My congratulations
to them all," added Mr. Edward Avedisian, who generously funded
this project.