Sutter Medical Center (Sacramento, Calif.). Since 1957, the Sutter Heart and Vascular Institute has accomplished many firsts in the greater Sacramento area; surgeons at the hospital were the first to perform a successful open heart surgery, heart transplant and coronary…
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Some healthcare analysts say Anthem's new imagining policy for hospital-based MRI and CT scans counters quality improvement efforts, Kaiser Health News reports.
Stanford (Calif.) Health Care. Stanford Health Care surgeons performed the first successful U.S. heart transplant in 1968; since then, the health system’s cardiovascular services have grown to see more than 5,000 patients annually. Currently, the hospital is participating in 30…
St. Vincent Heart Center of Indiana (Indianapolis). St. Vincent Heart Center, an Ascension affiliate, has around 30 heart care clinics, 180 cardiovascular physicians and 300 heart care associates. Each year, more than 25,000 patients visit the St. Vincent Heart Hospital…
Saint Luke’s Hospital (Kansas City, Mo.). Saint Luke’s Mid America Heart Institute comprises 60 cardiologists, cardiovascular surgeons and critical care physicians. In 2017 the hospital received American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Center Gold Recognition Award and Lifeline Center Silver Award…
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St. Francis Hospital (Roslyn, N.Y.). Founded in 1922, St. Francis Hospital is the only specialty-designated cardiac center in New York. The hospital’s DeMatteis Center for Cardiac Research and Education fosters collaboration between physicians and investigators to improve methods of diagnosing…
Sentara Norfolk (Va.) General Hospital-Sentara Heart Hospital. The 112-bed Sentara Norfolk General Hospital houses five cardiac operating rooms and 140 board certified cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and anesthesiologists that perform more than 1,900 cardiothoracic surgeries and see around 100,000 patients for…
Scripps Health (San Diego). Scripps Health Memorial Hospital La Jolla heart specialists see 55,000 patients annually, more than any other heart care provider in San Diego County. In 2015, Scripps Health opened the Prebys Cardiovascular Institute, a 168-bed, $456 million…
Sanford USD Medical Center (Sioux Falls, S.D).Sanford Heart Hospital, a 205,000-square-foot facility, is attached to Sanford USD Medical Center. The heart hospital opened in 2012 and houses more than 250 physicians, nurses and support specialists dedicated to cardiac care. The…
Saint Thomas West Hospital (Nashville, Tenn.). Saint Thomas West Hospital, an Ascension affiliate, relaunched its heart transplant program in May 2016 after a five-year hiatus. In the first year since re-establishing its heart transplant program, Saint Thomas West surgeons performed 26…