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NYGA is committed to our patients’ safety and health. Our state of the art facility has achieved the highest standards in quality, safety and compliance and has been awarded AAAHC accreditation.

What is the Accreditation Association?

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care - also known as AAAHC or the Accreditation Association - is a private, non-profit organization formed in 1979 to assist ambulatory health care organizations improve the quality of care provided to patients.

Accreditation from AAAHC ensures that your ambulatory care center adopts best practices in health care and complies with nationally-recognized standards. Our accreditation is recognized by third party payers, medical societies, state and government agencies. Most importantly, it is reassuring for your patients to know that your organization meets nationally-recognized standards of health care.

High Detection Rates

To illustrate our dedication to cancer prevention, the chart below shows our detection rate for precancerous problems as significantly higher than national averages.

The chance of developing colon cancer is directly related to the adenoma detection rate. Because of our high detection rates, you lower your risk of developing colon cancer.

Year

Colonoscopies

Number of adenomas

NYGA Cecal intubation rate

National target rate

NYGA Adenoma detection rate*

National target rate*

2008

485

177

99%

90-95%

36.5 %

15% in women

25% in men

Low Complication Rates

Our complication rates are significantly lower than national averages as is evident by a recent published abstract. This abstract looked at over 15,000 procedures performed by the physicians of NYGA and reported extremely low complication rates.

Dikman A, Sanyal S, Aisenberg J, Miller KM, Cohen LB. Gastroenterologist-Directed, Balanced Propofol Sedation for EGD and Colonoscopy: an Analysis of Safety in 15,286 Patients. Gastrointest Endosc 2008;67:AB84

2008 Colonoscopy Results

Measure	National	NYGA
	Benchmark	Results
Average number of colonoscopies by MD/year	>200	>750
Exam complete to end of colon	90%	98%
Colon preparation rated excellent or very good	N/A	92%
% of procedures where pre-cancerous polyps were found and removed	15-25%
Number of bowel perforations	1/1,000	0