Lankenau Hospital
100 Lancaster AvenueWynnewood, PA 19096
(610) 645-2000
http://www.mainlinehealth.org/lh/
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
171 Ashley AvenueCharleston, South Carolina 29425
(843) 792-2300
http://www.musc.edu/
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
One Robert Wood Johnson PlaceNew Brunswick, NJ 08901
(732) 828-3000
http://www.rwjuh.edu/
Tufts - New England Medical Center
750 Washington StreetBoston, MA 02111
(617) 636-5000
www.tufts-nemc.org
Criteria for Centers of Excellence
- 50% Survival rate for 2 years
- > 50% recovery rate (50% of survival rate has to be recovery)
- >10 patients
- Surgeon Speaker
- Willingness to setup Celebration of Life Parties
- Willingness to provide advanced training for other hospital programs.
- Open door Policy
- Established protocols and standing orders
- Transport program
- Willing to submit for CME's
- Established HUB and Spoke network
No Hospital will be considered without meeting the criteria for Centers of Excellence. Overall goal of Centers of Excellence is to establish 10 centers across the nation that will act as advance regional training centers for ABIOMED Circulatory Support Systems.
We will be able to schedule in advance training seminars that provide a standard level of training for our customers.
ABIOMED will provide a certificate to these Centers of Excellence and we will advertise the Program on our Website as well as in our Pulse Newsletter.
Eventually the only labs to take place for ABIOMED will be at a Center of Excellence.
The goal is to improve outcomes by improving the quality of the training that takes place. Emphasis will be made on a multi-disciplinary approach to training and helping every VAD program establish protocols that reflect best practices.
