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V IBRA'S CENTER OF excellence model emphasizes integration of care, the use of specialized sk ill sets, sta nda rdization across multiple facilities for measurable success and a focused mission bent on serving the needs of Vibra's patients. These patients include individuals who have been in an acute-care hospital intensive care unit and require further treatment and management following Dr. Bagley, Dr. Aghassi and Dr. Mistry conduct a review of patient outcomes. VIBRA HEALTHCARE IS CREATING AN INTEGRATED CENTER OF CLINICAL EXCELLENCE IN CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS, FEATURING INTENSIVISTS AND HOSPITALISTS DIRECTING PATIENTS' MEDICAL CARE AND REHABILITATION, AND A VARIETY OF SPECIALISTS MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF LONG-TERM ACUTE ILLNESS. discharge before they can transition to a lower level of care. "Many of our patients have survived a catastrophic illness but still lack the ability to breathe on their own, and also have organ failures, such as kidney failure requiring dialysis," explains Peter Bagley, MD, who serves as Co-medical Director at Vibra as well as Associate Director of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UMass Memorial Healthcare. "In order to return to their normal lifestyle, these patients need most of the same high-level medical care as they received in the ICU, as well as rehabilitation." "These individuals have respiratory, cardiovascular or infectious conditions that, once stabilized, need continuation of care, and Vibra is uniquely positioned in this region to help them recover and regain functional abilities," says Payam Aghassi, MD, FCCP, pulmonary and critical care physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, and President of Mass Lung & Allergy, PC. "It is easy for my colleagues and me to collaborate with Vibra because its clinical and operational leadership share our goal of providing the highest quality, value-based care at the lowest cost to patients." Vibra, a nationa l leader in LTAC and rehabilitation with facilities in 19 states, has facilities in western, cen- tral and southeastern Massachusetts: V i b r a H o s p i t a l o f W e s t e r n Massachusetts in Springfield, Vibra Hospital of Western Massachusetts – Central Campus and The Meadows transitional care facility in Rochdale, and Vibra Hospital of Southeastern COV ER FE AT UR E Vibra Healthcare Builds Massachusetts' Premier Long-term Acute Care Centers of Excellence By Thomas Crocker PHOTOGRAPHER: RYAN RICHARDSON 6 | Greater Boston MD NEWS ■ M D N E W S . CO M