Saint Thomas West Hospital (Nashville, Tenn.). Saint Thomas West Hospital, an Ascension affiliate, relaunched its heart transplant program in May 2016 after a five-year hiatus. In the first year since re-establishing its heart transplant program, Saint Thomas West surgeons performed 26…
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Rush University Medical Center (Chicago). Rush University Medical Center’s cardiology department includes 41 specialists focused on heart disease and surgery. Rush joined with six other Chicago-based academic medical centers and teaching hospitals to form Chicago Adult Congenital Heart Network, designed…
St. Cloud Hospital (St. Cloud, Minn.).Each year, 25 cardiologists at CentraCare Heart & Vascular Institute at St. Cloud Hospital treat more than 30,000 patients suffering from heart disease. In 2015, CentraCare Heart & Vascular Institute physicians and surgeons performed 311…
Bruce Murphy, MD, PharmD. CEO of Arkansas Heart Hospital (Little Rock). Dr. Murphy has led Arkansas Heart Hospital as president and CEO since 2011. He helped found the specialty hospital in 1995, along with other physician owners, and MedCath Corp. Dr.…
Patients admitted to cardiac intensive care units often are not suffering from cardiac conditions, rather they are admitted for other conditions, such as sepsis or renal failure, according to a study published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes.
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Drones were faster than ambulances in delivering an external defibrillator to the site of simulated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests, according to a research letter published in JAMA.
The New York State Public Health and Health Planning Council recommended final approval for New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health's proposed heart transplant center at the Manhasset, N.Y.-based North Shore University Hospital.
West Florida Hospital (Pensacola). West Florida Hospital, an HCA affiliate, is a Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care atrial fibrillation certified hospital with an accredited chest pain center and breast imaging center. The hospital campus includes all private rooms and a…
Riverside Medical Center (Kankakee, Ill.). Riverside Medical Center is Kankakee-based Riverside Health’s 312-bed community hospital. The facility includes a full range of inpatient and outpatient services, and is a Level II trauma center. Truven Health Analytics named Riverside Medical Center…
Renown South Meadows Medical Center (Reno, Nev.). Reno-based Renown Health’s Renown South Meadows Medical Center includes a chest pain center, institute for heart and vascular health, a critical care unit and the Monaco Ridge Assisted Living facility. Renown South Meadows…