U.Va. Health launched its Heart and Vascular Institute in May in hopes of creating a heart and vascular clinical care structure across the U.Va. Health system to improve patient care and outcomes.
According to a written statement from Eric Swensen, U.Va. Health public information officer, the institute unites faculty from the School of Medicine, the University Medical Center, the vascular teams from U.Va. Health’s outpatient clinics and community hospitals as well as other partners from across Virginia to deliver a unified system-wide heart and vascular care model. The institute does not yet have a physical location, according to U.Va. Connect, but heart and vascular care will continue to be offered in a “host of locations across the Commonwealth.”
According to Swensen, the institute will replace the current Heart and Vascular Service Line — a group of all the cardiovascular resources, clinicians and services within the U.Va. Health System — which is currently based out of the University Medical Center. Swensen said that the replacement of the Heart and Vascular Service Line represents U.Va. Health’s shift towards a system-based way of delivering care — where cardiovascular service offerings are unified across the health system. U.Va. Connect further explained that service lines focus on “streamlining clinical workflows” for a speciality, while institutes integrate care more deeply within the system…