Virginia Health Information (VHI) has released its annual Cardiac Care in Virginia report (www.vhi.org/cardiac_compare.asp). The report contains five years (2010-2014) of cardiac care information and provides performance information, mortality and readmission ratings for different conditions and treatments grouped into three categories – Medical Cardiology – includes diagnosing and therapy for heart disease; Invasive Cardiology – includes patients with medical conditions generally described in the medical cardiology service line that also had surgery; and Open Heart Surgery – includes procedures such as coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) and cardiac valve procedures.
Read more: Cardiac Care in Virginia Report – Methodology: http://www.vhi.org/cardiac_types.asp