Cardiology

University Medical Center in Lafayette, La., part of Baton Rouge-based Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division, has opened its new $90,000 cardiology wing, according to a KLFY report.

Here is a list of eight cardiovascular facility expansions at hospitals from the past two-and-a-half months, beginning with the most recent announcement.

St. Vincent Medical Center in Los Angeles announced the opening of its Cardiac Care Institute.

Healthcare reform's demands of higher quality and lower costs are forcing hospitals and physicians to find new ways to work together on patient care. Hospitals are taking different approaches for partnering with specialists, such as by acquiring practices, developing co-management…

Oregon Health & Science University in Portland announced it received a gift of $125 million to create the OHSU Cardiovascular Institute.

Indianapolis-based Community Health Network announced its Indiana Heart Hospital in Indianapolis is changing its name to Community Heart and Vascular Hospital to more closely align with the "Community" identity, according to the release.

The need for coordinated care, lower costs and higher quality has left all but large physician practices nearly untenable. Cardiologists have been moving en masse to hospital employment for the last few years, with a spike about two and a…

Joseph P. Chirichella, president and CEO of the Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Browns Mills, N.J., wrote a column in PhillyBurbs.com calling on Community Medical Center in Toms River, N.J., to partner with the heart and lung facility instead…

Indiana University School of Medicine and Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health are developing a program for genetic testing in heart disease research and clinical care.

Only 35 percent of cardiovascular practitioners are in private practice, down from 59 percent in 2007, according to an American College of Cardiology survey.