Biggs-Gridley (Calif.) Memorial Hospital is adding a new cardiovascular lab to its Medical Specialty Center, according to a Gridley Herald report.
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Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial Hospital announced the launch of a program for patients with bicuspid aortic valve disease.
Nashville, Tenn.-based Cardiovascular Care Group announced it has finalized the acquisition of a majority interest in Bakersfield (Calif.) Heart Hospital from MedCath Corp.
The American Heart Association announced the expansion of its Get With The Guidelines quality improvement program to include patients hospitalized with atrial fibrillation.
Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Mass., part of Boston-based Steward Health Care System, plans to end its cardiac rehabilitation program next month, according to a SouthCoast Today report.
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Stephen Jones has been the CEO of Clear Lake Regional Medical Center in Webster, Texas, since 2008. He is responsible for the medical center; its other Webster-based facilities, including Clear Lake Heart and Vascular Hospital, Bay Area Surgery Center, CLRMC…
At a recent event in Chicago, Suzette Jaskie, president and CEO of MedAxiom Consulting, and three service line leaders representing different hospitals from across the country — Christine Bent, senior vice president-clinical services lines, Allina Health in Minneapolis; Michele Molden,…
Concurrent with the trend of cardiovascular integration — whereby a hospital purchases the CV practice and subsequently employs the cardiologists — is a re-emergence of the service line as an organizational approach to the combined entities.
ETView Medical today appointed David Amar, MD, to its scientific advisory board. Dr. Amar will work with the device company to advance the development of surgical lung isolation products.
Richmond University Medical Center in Staten Island, N.Y., has formed a clinical affiliation with Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City to improve cardiac care, according to a Staten Island Advance report.