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his past January, St. Luke’s Heart & Vascular Institute announced a new affiliation with Cleveland Clinic’s Heart & Vascular Institute, ranked #1 in the nation for heart care since 1995 by U.S. News & World Report. This affiliation means our patients have access to the broadest possible range of solutions close to home. “Collaborating with the highly-esteemed heart experts of Cleveland Clinic positions us to continue enhancing the quality of St. Luke’s extraordinary heart care into the future,” said Ronald Leidenfrost, MD, FACS, St. Luke’s
personnel, policies, procedures, outcomes and facilities and conducts quarterly reviews to serve as an affirmation of our heart and vascular excellence. It also means quality. St. Luke’s Hospital provides data pertaining to the areas of interventional cardiology, electrophysiology, cardiac imaging and heart failure management. This data will be collected utilizing databases or registries allowing for a global assessment of our performance. Cleveland Clinic and St. Luke’s will also collaborate on quality and performance protocols, review complex cases and discuss the appropriate care plans for patients.
Heart & Vascular Institute chairman. “With access to the latest treatments available combined with the personalized care given to each and every patient, the St. Luke’s healthcare team is ready to make an even more positive impact on the lives of our patients through this new affiliation with
Our physicians can also access Cleveland Clinic for review of diagnostic and interventional images for quality review purposes. Training plays a large role as well. Cleveland Clinic has extensive patient care protocols, clinical practice guidelines and patient education materials for use by St. Luke’s Hospital. St. Luke’s also participates in Cleveland Clinic-
the Cleveland Clinic,” added Craig Reiss, MD, FACC, chief of cardiovascular medicine at St. Luke’s Hospital. What does this mean for our patients? It means continuous assessments by Cleveland Clinic of our Heart & Vascular Institute. Cleveland Clinic staff initially conducted a review of the entire heart and vascular program, our
sponsored Continuing Medical Education courses, department meetings and training. In addition, St. Luke’s Hospital can participate in clinical trials with the Cleveland Clinic To learn more, visit stlukes-stl.com or call 314-205-6801.
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