DO cardiologist becomes president of the Society of Chest Pain Centers

[Sense]

Nice article about a DO cardiologist who was just named president of the Society of Chest Pain Centers.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/07-20-2004/0002213347&EDATE=

Society of Chest Pain Centers Announces Robert Stomel, DO as New President

COLUMBUS, Ohio, July 20 /PRNewswire/ -- The Society of Chest Pain Centers
(SCPC) has chosen Robert Stomel, DO, FACOI, FACC, FCCP as the new president of
the organization. Previously Chairman of the SCPC Accreditation Committee,
Dr. Stomel's experience as Chief of Cardiology at Botsford General Hospital
and Director of its Cardiac Fellowship Program clearly states his ability to
take over this position to continue to improve Chest Pain Centers in hospitals
across the United States.

Dr. Stomel is a leader in the field of invasive cardiology, pacemakers and
cardiovascular managed care. He is President-elect of the Michigan Osteopathic
Association (MOA), on the Board of Directors of the Physician Review
Organization of Michigan (PROM), Professional Credential Verification Service
Inc. (PCVS) and lectures extensively on the cost effective treatment of
cardiovascular care. He is also immediate past-President of the American
College of Osteopathic Internists.

"Chest Pain Center accreditation is an important healthcare issue. The
public has a right to know which hospitals have dedicated chest pain programs.
Unfortunately, in Michigan and throughout the United States, there is great
variability in how chest pain is treated at each hospital. The goal of the
Society of Chest Pain Centers is to standardize the treatment of chest pain
throughout the world. The protocols and guidelines already exist and we need
to follow them," said Dr. Stomel, Chief of Cardiology at Botsford General
Hospital.

Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States, with
600,000 dying annually of heart disease. More than five million Americans
visit hospitals each year with chest pain. The goal of the Society of Chest
Pain Centers is to significantly reduce the mortality rate of these patients
by teaching the public to recognize and react to the early symptoms of a
possible heart attack, reduce the time that it takes to receive treatment, and
increase the accuracy and effectiveness of treatment.

The Chest Pain Center's protocol driven and systematic approach to patient
management allows physicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical
early stages of a heart attack, when treatments are most effective, and to
better monitor patients when it is not clear whether they are having a
coronary event. Such observation helps ensure that a patient is neither sent
home too early nor needlessly admitted.

With the rise of Chest Pain Centers came the need to establish standards
designed to improve the consistency and quality of care provided to patients.
The Society's accreditation process insures centers meet or exceed quality-of-care measures in acute cardiac medicine.

Once a Chest Pain Center has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to
quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria
and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest
Pain Centers the facility is granted accreditation for their ER Chest Pain
Center. Key areas in which a Chest Pain Center must demonstrate expertise
include:
- Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical
system
- Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly
- Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome
and no assignable cause for their symptoms
- Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care
- Ensuring Chest Pain Center personnel competency and training
- Maintaining organizational structure and commitment
- Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures
- Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to
promptly seek medical care if they have display symptoms of a possible
heart attack

About the Society of Chest Pain Centers
The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) is an international professional
society focused on improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes
and related maladies. The Society is committed to improving the quality of
patient care through protocol-based medicine and the adoption of process
improvement science to healthcare. SCPC is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
For more information, visit http://www.scpcp.org .
For more information on the Society of Chest Pain Centers, please contact
Robert Weisenburger Lipetz, Executive Director at (614) 274-9710 or
[email protected].

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[DD214_DOC]

No offense, but do you really have to make a big deal of every DO in some sort of authoritative position? You're actually making it seem that DO's aren't capable of this sort of stuff, so you have to point out when someone does do it.

 

[Jinyaoysiu]

JKDMed,

Let me make it simple for you to understand...

He is doing so because there is some commonly acknowledged bias against DOs and he is showing that the one could still succeed in the world of prejudice.

If you are a DO student, I don't understand why you weren't capable of understanding Sense's intention behind his posts.

Anyways, so now you know.

 

[DD214_DOC]

JKDMed,

Let me make it simple for you to understand...

He is doing so because there is some commonly acknowledged bias against DOs and he is showing that the one could still succeed in the world of prejudice.

If you are a DO student, I don't understand why you weren't capable of understanding Sense's intention behind his posts.

Anyways, so now you know.

Don't patronize me, I know very well what his intention is. However, he makes it seem as though this is some uncommon, rare, and unexpected event. It makes the profession look second-class.

This behavior reinforces the idea that most DO's aren't capable of anything other than primary care.

It's like a horrible football team crapping their pants because they actually won a game (which nobody expects them to win)

Maybe if you understood my response...

 

[Sense]

JKDMed,

Let me make it simple for you to understand...

He is doing so because there is some commonly acknowledged bias against DOs and he is showing that the one could still succeed in the world of prejudice.

If you are a DO student, I don't understand why you weren't capable of understanding Sense's intention behind his posts.

Anyways, so now you know.

That is exactly why I do it. JKDMed, many premeds aren't as educated as yourself about osteopathic medicine. Some believe that DOs can't specialize and aren't real doctors. I post those threads to enlighten people, as Jinyaoysiu said, that DOs still do succeed often many times achieving high posts.

My intention is to not make it seem that DOs can't achieve these positions and I really don't see how you think it reinforces the myth that DOs are second-class doctors. I believe moreso that it reinforces the fact that DOs are equal to MDs.

Maybe if others have the same opinion as JKDMed, I will stop posting these threads. All I have received was support in posting these types of threads and to be honest, JKD, you're the only one that seems to be annoyed by them.

 

[Jinyaoysiu]

oh, so you do understand his intention.

you asked "but do you really have to make a big deal...."

when people ask "do you really have to..."
such as "do you really have to be a doctor" or "do you really have to use the bathroom", they are asking because they don't understand the intention behind someone's action.

I didn't think you understood because you asked him. Sorry that I misunderstood you.

As for your argument that he has made DOs seem 2nd rate by encouraging people to succeed despite the prejudice, I respect your interpretation. I think if people knew about the prejudice against DOs and knew about Sense's intention, they would not feel that Sense has made DOs seem 2nd rate. They would think Sense is trying to encourage people, instead of thinking that Sense has made DOs seem 2nd rate.

Only the ones that make-believe that the prejudice doesn't exist or ones that don't understand his intention would define Sense's action as making DOs seem 2nd rate.

oh, wait, but you do understand his intention.

 

[DD214_DOC]

Once more my point eludes you. Moving on...