The Parkinson's Foundation partners with its vast network of Centers of Excellence, leading academic and medical institutions around the world, to determine which Parkinson's care teams achieve the best results and why. The network is comprised of 42 medical centers that deliver care to more than 100,000 people with Parkinson's every year. Parkinson's Foundation Center of Excellence status is the most respected and sought-after designation in the field of Movement Disorders, with each center required to meet rigorous clinical, research, professional education and patient service criteria.
"We are studying the quality of Parkinson's care delivered at our Centers of Excellence to help patients who aren't being seen at one," said Fernando Cubillos, MD, who oversees operations for the Parkinson's Outcomes Project. "Our goal is to help identify the best care and disseminate that information widely."
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The Parkinson's Outcomes Project is led by a steering committee with members from each participating clinic and rotating co-chairs. The current co-chairs are: Kelly Lyons, PhD, Kansas Medical Center; Thomas Davis, MD, Vanderbilt University Medical Center; and Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, MD, University of Florida. Gene Nelson, DSc, from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice, serves as advisor on quality programs.
For more information about the study, visit www.parkinson.org/outcomes.
About the Parkinson's Foundation
The Parkinson's Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson's disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure. In everything we do, we build on the energy, experience and passion of our global Parkinson's community. For more information, visit www.parkinson.org or call (800) 4PD-INFO (473-4636).
About Parkinson's Disease
Affecting an estimated one million Americans and 10 million worldwide, Parkinson's disease is the second-most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's and is the 14th-leading cause of death in the United States. It is associated with a progressive loss of motor control (e.g., shaking or tremor at rest and lack of facial expression), as well as non-motor symptoms (e.g., depression and anxiety). There is no cure for Parkinson's and 60,000 new cases are diagnosed each year in the United States alone.
SOURCE Parkinson's Foundation
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