Reading Hospital provides comprehensive cardiovascular care across its multiple locations, emphasizing timely and efficient treatment. The hospital boasts a door-to-balloon time consistently under 60 minutes, better than the national average. Through the HeartSAFE Berks County initiative, more than 700 automated external defibrillators have been placed in the community to improve cardiac arrest survival rates. The hospital has seen a significant increase in heart failure patient volume, with over 1,800 inpatient heart failure cases treated in 2023. Recent innovations include the implementation of a heart failure pathway and the launch of a hypertension program and cardio-oncology program. Reading Hospital has earned numerous awards, such as the American Heart Association’s Get with the Guidelines–Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award for heart failure and the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Blue Distinction Center for cardiac care.
