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University Hospital is making changes in its cardiac program after being recently rated below average on two common heart surgeries by an independent doctors’ group. University was among the lowest performing hospitals in national ratings in August by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons for adult heart surgeries. The hospital was one of nine institutions among hundreds across the country to earn one star — the group’s lowest rating — for overall performance in aortic valve replacement surgery. It was one of seven to receive another one-star rating for combined aortic valve and coronary artery bypass surgery. In January, the hospital rebounded somewhat when new scores were released that included data from the first half of 2018. University’s performance for valve replacements improved to two stars, or average. But its overall score for combined aortic valve and bypass surgery remained at one star. That score put it among eight hospitals nationally to receive … [Read more...] about Lagging heart surgery ratings prompt changes at University Hospital

Below the crook of his left elbow, it looked as if a chunk of muscle and flesh had been scooped away. A bumpy mesh pattern extended across the scar tissue, remnants of the skin graft that had covered a gaping gunshot wound. Another jagged scar extended down Ryland’s forearm to his wrist. Until this moment, the 6-year-old had happily engaged with his occupational therapists while they tested his use of his left arm and hand. But now he rubbed his eye and put his head down on his right arm. His smile had disappeared. Ryland's Recovery Express-News reporter Lauren Caruba and photographer Lisa Krantz charted Ryland Ward’s recovery from devastating gunshot wounds with cooperation from his family and his treating physicians. The journalists observed Ryland receiving occupational therapy at the Children’s Rehabilitation Institute TeletonUSA in San Antonio, and Caruba interviewed his surgeon, child psychiatrist and rehab physician as well as his family members. … [Read more...] about Back from the Brink