Walking into Cleveland Medical Center

• by EVOMT
• 2023-02-02

Hospital Introduction

Cleveland Medical Center is located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It is a non-profit multidisciplinary academic medical center that integrates clinical treatment, patient care, research, and education. Cleveland Medical Center was founded on February 28, 1921. Cleveland Medical Center was founded in 1921, located in Cleveland, Ohio, USA. It has 3000 doctors, 15000 nurse doctor assistants, and 43000 staff members. It ranks second in the United States in general hospitals, first in the United States in endocardial/cardiac surgery, and fifth in the Department of Cancer.

Growth and Development

1959 - Kolff, who invented the artificial kidney in 1940, established the Cleveland Clinic Renal Dialysis Department;

1988 - Cleveland Florida Medical Center opened;

1995 - Cleveland Medical Center ranks first in the treatment of heart disease in the United States;

1999 - The Lerner Research Center was officially established;

2003 - Cleveland Medical Center has experienced a breakthrough of 1000 cardiac transplant operations;

2004 - The Lerner School of Medicine at the Cleveland Medical Center of Case Western Reserve University was officially established;

In 2006, the Cleveland Medical Center announced the establishment of its first overseas institution, the Cleveland Abu Dhabi Clinic, in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates;

2008 - The annual research funding for the Lerner Institute of Cleveland Medical Center is approximately $250 million;

2021 - Cleveland Medical Center ranks second among the best hospitals in the United States.

Hospital Ranking

Fourth in the United States (US News)

Specialist Ranking

In the "2022-23 Best Hospital" ranking by US News and World Report, the Cleveland Clinic was once again rated as the first hospital for cardiac care and one of the top hospitals in the country.

The Cleveland Clinic has been ranked among the top 5 hospitals since 1999, and has consistently ranked first in cardiology and cardiac surgery since 1995.

This year, Cleveland Clinic ranked among the top 10 hospitals in the country in 9 specialties, including:

Cancer (6).

Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery (1).

Gastroenterology and Gastrointestinal Surgery (4).

Gerontology (2).

Gynecology (4).

Neurology and Neurosurgery (8).

Pulmonary and Pulmonary Surgery (6).

Rheumatology (2).

Urology (2).

Innovation

Discovery of a gene associated with juvenile macular degeneration (2000)

Found a gene associated with coronary artery disease (2003)

The first case of kidney surgery through the patient's umbilicus (2007)

The first approximate full face transplant in the United States (2008)

The World's First Heart Lung Transplantation Hand Using a Total Artificial Heart (2009)

In 2019, as an early adopter and innovator of robotic surgery, Cleveland has successfully used a single port robotic surgical system for radical prostatectomy, the first successful transvesical simple prostatectomy and partial nephrectomy. And Cleveland Medical Center is the first hospital in the world to perform robotic single port kidney transplantation.

Research Center

Heart and Vascular Center

The Cleveland Medical Center Heart and Vascular Center is one of the world's largest and experienced cardiovascular specialized hospitals. Since 1995, the Cleveland Medical Center has consistently ranked first in the American News and World Report cardiac specialty rankings.

The Cleveland Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Center is a major cardiovascular specialist hospital in the United States. Each year, more patients with heart and vascular diseases visit it than any other hospital in the United States. Skilled and experienced cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and nurses provide patients with as many treatment options as possible, and even the world's unique treatment methods.

The components of the Cleveland Medical Center's Heart and Vascular Center include the Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Vascular Surgery, Heart and Vascular Nurse Center, Cardiovascular Anesthesia Center, Adult Congenital Heart Disease Center, Advanced Ischemic Heart Disease Center, Aortic Disease Center, Atrial Fibrillation Center, Heart Tumor Center, Heart Failure Center, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Pericardium Disease Center, Thrombosis Center Ventricular arrhythmia center, female cardiovascular center, etc.

Cancer Center

The Cleveland Clinic Tausig Cancer Institute is a multidisciplinary, comprehensive cancer center dedicated to providing personalized care for patients based on revolutionary research. This multidisciplinary approach brings together experts from North Ohio and Weston, Florida, enabling collaboration between world-renowned surgical oncologists, plastic surgeons, gastroenterologists, interventional radiologists, pathologists, and genetic consultants. The multidisciplinary team of the Institute includes clinicians specializing in medical and radiation oncology, blood and bone marrow transplantation, palliative treatment, oncological care, cancer research, and psychosocial support.

As the Cleveland Clinic's cancer care center, the Taosig Cancer Center's doctors and experts collaborate to provide coordinated care with other cancer experts at the Cleveland Clinic. Combining clinical experience and the expertise of over 450 top cancer experts, researchers, nurses, and technicians to ensure that each patient receives the best care, including:

Accurate diagnosis and personalized treatment;

Obtain clinical trials of the latest drugs and combine them with transformation research to bring laboratory findings to patient care;

Evidence-based disease management, including genetic and molecular pathology research, to guide treatment;

Support programs promote the overall treatment and survival of physical and mental health.

Management Features and Achievements

Cleveland Clinic has long been promoting and advocating the Group Practice Model (team diagnosis and treatment model) refers to combining the relevant disciplines of an organ or disease system, dividing them by system and disease, and forming various institutions to provide patients with higher levels of medical services, which is also known as "multidisciplinary comprehensive treatment".

In 2008, Cleveland Medical Center became the first medical service provider in the United States and the second in the world to sign the United Nations Global Compact. Cleveland Medical Center was awarded the 2009-2010 Consumer Confidence Choice Award by the National Council for Scientific Research. The American Ethics Village Association awarded the Cleveland Medical Center the title of "Global Business Ethics Enterprise" in 2009.

Integrating resources around patients

After being appointed President and CEO of Cleveland Clinic, Cosgrove, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Cleveland Clinic, took "every life deserves world-class care" as his mission and began a series of management innovations. These include breaking the traditional management model of specialized departments, canceling the restrictions on internal surgery, and centralizing relevant specialized departments, such as the establishment of digestive disease centers, cardiovascular disease centers, and respiratory disease centers. This patient-centered, integrated medical resource model makes it most convenient for patients to seek medical treatment.

REDE project

In order to improve the harmony of doctor-patient relationships, the Cleveland Clinic has launched a program called REDE (Relationship: Establishment, Development and Engagement) project. This project consists of three parts: the establishment, development, and interaction of the doctor-patient relationship. Although the training time is only 8 hours, the survey shows that medical personnel trained by REDE have significantly improved their patient satisfaction scores, and the concept of patient first runs through the entire treatment process.

Advocate transparent and open reporting of medical quality data

The Cleveland Clinic has always advocated transparent and open reporting of medical quality data, providing patients and their doctors with the information they need to make the right decisions when choosing treatment and care. In order to improve the medical standards and safety of hospitals, the Cleveland Clinic has established the Institute for Quality and Safety. The Institute focuses on clinical effectiveness, certification systems, medical risk management, data resource management, environmental health and safety, infection control, patient medical safety, process improvement, and quality.

According to the specific situation of each specialty, the Cleveland Quality Report will provide multiple types of data such as clinical efficacy, treatment procedures, surgical volume, and patient satisfaction. The quality report mainly includes two aspects: a summary of medical trends, typical treatment plans, new technologies and innovations, and relevant quality data on the number of patients admitted and treatment results during the year. Taking cardiac surgery as an example, the Cleveland Quality Report classifies and counts the number of various types of cardiac surgery completed by clinics during the year, as well as various postoperative complications and mortality rates.