Cleveland Clinic & The Chester County Hospital

What does this affiliation mean?

Cleveland Clinic Staff Appointments

• Our cardiac surgeons are members of Cleveland Clinic's Consulting Staff.

Annual Assessment by Cleveland Clinic
of our Cardiac Surgery Program

• Cleveland Clinic staff conduct an annual on-site review of our entire cardiac surgery program, its personnel, policies, procedures, outcomes and facilities.
• Since our affiliation began, this annual assessment report has been an affirmation of our cardiac surgery program's excellence.

Quality

• Surgical and quality data is submitted to the Society of Thoracic Surgery and to Cleveland Clinic. Our Hospital is benchmarked with Cleveland Clinic and their other affiliate sites.
• Process improvements are initiated based on best practices.
• Cleveland Clinic reviews our protocols and compares them to Cleveland Clinic's protocols annually.
• Quarterly Quality Assurance teleconferences are held with Cleveland Clinic.
• Our surgeons can access Cleveland Clinic's world- leading cardiac surgeons for consultation on patient cases.
• Cleveland Clinic produces an Outcomes Booklet each year on the outcomes data from our cardiac and thoracic surgical programs.

Training

• Surgical training and updates from Cleveland Clinic are provided to our staff.
• Cleveland Clinic thoracic and cardiac surgery protocols are incorporated into our protocols.
• Our staff can access Cleveland Clinic staff for information, advice, etc.

Research

• Our team meets with Cleveland Clinic's research division, attends their annual "Research Day" and has access to Cleveland Clinic's cardiovascular surgery and cardiology research protocols.

Education

• All Cleveland Clinic educational conferences are offered to our staff.
• Cleveland Clinic weekly educational "Grand Rounds" are provided to our clinical staff via teleconferencing.
• Nationally renowned Cleveland Clinic speakers are made available to us for presentations.
• Our surgeons attend Cleveland Clinic's Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery monthly staff meetings.

Last Updated: 1/8/2013