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SINAI HOSPITAL
HealthNews
Two Together:
illinK:1112 and Sinai
Q Mai and TV2 team up to bring heart care
Li advances and information to you. Look for
Sinai's Cardiac Services featured in sixty-
second interviews as part of "Health Digest"
hosted by TV2 anchor Jerry Hodak.
Package Pricing, Superior Service
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Size is important in
a security blanket.
Too big, and it drags. Too heavy,
and it feels uncomfortable.
SinaiCare PHO is the corn-
munity's healthcare security
blanket. Our small group
health insurance plan,
lines removed, to taking daily walks and viewing edu-
cational films, is determined by a rigorous schedule.
Every accomplishment is recorded and evaluated. The
patient is no longer a passive subject, but an active par-
ticipant in his or her own healing process.
In the near future Dr. Hanson expects these more
efficient programs to pay off in many ways. Using the
new system and under normal conditions, most cardio-
vascular surgery patients should be permitted to re-
turn home in five days, rather than the typical eight
or nine.
American patients are beginning to recognize that
cost-efficient service — even when paid for by an insur-
er — is ultimately a cost-saver to them. At this time
in the nation's health care history, the concept of pack-
age pricing for traditionally expensive services deserves
consideration.
"Managed care provides excellent outcomes
for our patients at lower cost. It is the direction health
care is moving in the US," Dr. Rabinowe observes, "And
Sinai is a leader in managed care in Michigan."
Select Health Plans, is
perfectly sized for efficiency
and for maintaining the high
standard of care that you and
your employees deserve.
Check into how our manage-
able size makes managed
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care more affordable.
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High-Tech Non-Surgical Interventions
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understanding of the clinical
trials so that the treatment
precisely matches the pa-
tient's individual needs."
Dr. Nona points out, for ex-
ample, that "you know a bal-
loon is not the best choice
with complex, bulky lesions
in big vessels. The reclogging
rate for that procedure under
those circumstances is about
40 percent, which is unac-
ceptable." According to Dr.
Nona, inserting a stainless
steel mesh stent to hold the
wall open would reduce the
risk of reclogging by 50 per-
cent.
"Sinai Hospital is moving
toward the forefront in inter-
ventional cardiology," says
Cardiologist Shukri David,
M.D. "We now have the
physicians, the staff and the
equipment to offer a variety
of procedures. It is a positive
outlook for both the hospital
and its patients."