Choosing the Medical Center that is Right for the Liver Transplant Patient

Choosing the medical center that is right for the liver transplant patient.  Fortunately, the liver transplant operation is quite commonplace, thus leaving a host of medical centers in many states that perform this procedure, and perform it well.  How do you find a medical center that may be right for you?  How about word of mouth, our good friend Google, your family doctor, newspapers, and many more ways to find a suitable medical center that are limited only by the imagination.  What are some of the characteristics of a good medical center.  The first ones that come to mind, are liver transplantation success rate and patient care and follow up.  In today’s complicated, competitive medical environment, you would be hard pressed to find a medical center with a low liver transplant success rate.  And patient care rests at the top of most good medical centers too.  A hospital that is lax in its’ given success rates and patient care is soon to be a facility whose days are numbered.  There are also sources on the internet that provide ratings.  (Google seems to be everywhere.)  One other important issue in finding a good medical center is distance from your home.  Distance means time and money, especially at today’s gas prices.