Yale New Haven Hospital has become one of the first 12 hospitals in the world to be designated as a Pulmonary Embolism Comprehensive Care Center of Excellence. This marks a significant achievement in the global fight against pulmonary embolism, or PE, a life-threatening cardiovascular condition where a blood clot gets stuck in an artery in the lung, blocking blood flow to part of the lung.
The designation was awarded by the PERT Consortium, a leading authority in pulmonary embolism care, in early September this year. YNHH was one of only a dozen hospitals worldwide to receive this honor after undergoing an extensive application and review process. This recognition highlights the hospital’s commitment to providing multidisciplinary, patient-centered care and solidifies its leadership in managing PE. The hospital’s success was driven by its state-of-the-art technology and a team of dedicated specialists working collaboratively to improve patient outcomes.
“We can now say that our program has been validated, and the practices that we are currently doing align with a large body or standard of care for our patients,” Dr. Akhil Khosla, director of PERT and assistant professor of internal medicine, told the News. “It really allows us to differentiate what we can do here compared to other hospitals across the U.S.”…