New York State Department of Health Bureau of Hospital Services Cardiac Advisory Committee Meeting and Report Files 16456

New York State Department of Health Bureau of Hospital Services Cardiac Advisory Committee Meeting and Report Files

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Overview of the Records

Repository:

New York State Archives
New York State Education Department
Cultural Education Center
Albany, NY 12230

Summary:

The Cardiac Advisory Committee advises and makes recommendations to the State Health department in areas relating to cardiac surgery in New York State. The records provide detailed documentation on operating standards and procedures, hospital staffing, and surgical costs; and detailed statistics relating to cardiac surgery in New York since the 1950s. The records include reports of site visits to individual hospitals and recommendations for improvement in surgical programs.

Creator:

New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Hospital Services

Title:

Cardiac Advisory Committee meeting and report files

Quantity:

7 cubic feet

Inclusive Dates:

1955-1993

Series Number:

16456

Arrangement

16456-93: Chronological by date of meeting.

16456-95: Arranged by committee and therein by date of meeting.

16456-00: Chronological by date of meeting.

Scope and Content Note

This series contains correspondence, minutes, reports, and background materials pertaining to meetings of the department's Cardiac Advisory Committee. This committee advises and makes recommendations to the department in areas relating to cardiac surgery in New York State. The records provide detailed documentation on operating standards and procedures, hospital staffing, and surgical costs; and detailed statistics relating to cardiac surgery in New York since the 1950s. The records include reports of site visits to individual hospitals and recommendations for improvement in surgical programs.

The following subcommittees are represented in the records: Freestanding Cardiac Centers; Quality Assurance/Site Surveillance; Certification of Need (CON); Standards, Policies, Credentials; Heart Transplantation; Prevention and Control of Cardiovascular Disease; and Statistics. There is also information on an access study of cardiac services to blacks.

16456-95: This accretion consists of a few agenda books of the Cardiac Advisory Committee (CAC) and the files of several of its subcommittees.