Cardiology

Here is a list of 10 specialty heart hospitals to know.

Here are 15 hospitals and health systems with great cardiovascular programs

Improving Hospital Cardiology Programs and Joint Ventures: Don't miss the chance to read and/or advertise in the July issue of The Hospital Review.

For a cardiovascular program to become successful, it requires several critical components, says Edward Kasper, MD, FACC, chief of clinical cardiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

The American Hospital Directory has released a preliminary study analyzing shifts in Medicare reimbursements under the new severity adjusted DRGs (MS-DRGs), with the data revealing that cardiovascular and orthopedic surgery saw noteworthy shifts in reimbursement in 2008.

In 2006, there were 39.5 million hospital stays, an increase of 14 percent from 1997. Here are the top 10 most frequent principal diagnoses in hospitals in 2006, along with their number of discharges (in thousands) and percentage of overall…

The cost to treat the top six most common cardiovascular conditions such as heart attacks and clogged arteries cost U.S. hospitals $57.9 billion in 2006 — about 40 percent more than in 1997, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research…

Surgery Center of Evendale in Cincinnati has added 29 inpatient rooms following a $9 million and has recently received accreditation as a hospital from the Joint Commission, meaning the physician-owned facility can now keep patients overnight, according to the Business…