Cardiology

A new study indicates hospitals can reduce care quality disparities among racial and ethnic groups by using American Heart Association guidelines for cardiac care, according to a HealthDay report.

Kingsport, Tenn.-based Wellmont Health System has acquired Cardiovascular Associates, a 30-physician cardiovascular practice based in Kingsport with six locations, according to a report by the Times-News.

A proposal announced this week between Lifespan's Miriam and Rhode Island Hospitals, both located in Providence, would merge the two organizations' open heart and elective joint replacement services, according to a report by the Providence Journal.

An open house was held for Bellevue (Neb.) Medical Center, a 102-bed physician-owned hospital set to open May 17, according to a report in the Omaha World-Herald.

Trinity Mother Frances Hospital in Tyler, Texas, has announced plans for a new $3 million heart unit, according to a report by KLTV.

The Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital in Houston has been leading the nation in cardiovascular care and cardiovascular surgery since 1962, when Denton A. Cooley, MD, the first surgeon to perform a successful human heart transplant in…

The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville has opened the first phase $26 million dedicated heart hospital, according to the Seymour Herald.

South Florida Baptist Hospital, in Plant City, Fla., has broken ground on a $4.5 million center for heart and vascular services, according to a report in the Plant City Courier-Tribune.

Mount Sinai Medical Center in Miami Beach finished 2009 with a net operating surplus for the first time in 12 years, according to a report by the Miami Herald.

Hospitals that treat high volumes of patients with heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia tend to have better outcomes than those that see fewer such cases, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.