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It was at the request of st. marys which sought to quote evaluate and identify opportunities for improvement. the head of the team dr. jeffrey jacobs, a professor after cardiac surgery at john hopkins, found st. marys is doing too few surgeries to get good at it. in the united states 80% of childrens heart surgery programs performed more than 100 surgeries a year. each procedure giving them valuable expertise. but the review of st. marys program shows in 2013, the hospital performed just 23 oper...

Childrens heart surgery programs perform more than 100 surgeries a year. each procedure giving them valuable expertise. but the review of st. marys pre gram shows in 2013, the hospital performed just 23 operations. it is unlikely that any program will be capable of obtaining and sustaining high quality when performing less than two operations per month. dr. jacobs wrote. >> elizabeth cohen joins us now. the hospital closed the program today. before that they were defending it werent they? >> the...