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Network: February/March 2008
A Message to Employees from Dave Bernd, CEO, Sentara Healthcare
 When it comes to cardiac care, every minute counts
What better way to recognize February as National Heart Month, than by highlighting Sentara’s excellence at providing high quality, innovative and accessible heart care to patients throughout the greater Hampton Roads area.
Sentara Heart has long been a leader in cardiac care. In 2007, Sentara Heart Hospital ranked #33 in the nation for heart and heart surgery among the 5,462 medical centers reviewed by U.S. News  and World Report’s “America’s Best Hospitals” ranking. Marking its eighth year among the nation’s top heart programs, Sentara’s heart care consistently surpasses published national averages for cardiac and heart surgery.*
In fact, all Sentara community hospitals provide a full complement of heart services except heart surgery. Residents can be treated emergently for heart care in the community hospitals and then seamlessly transferred (by ground or air transport) to either Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital or Sentara Heart Hospital for open heart surgery should they need more advance heart care. Sentara Bayside Hospital, Sentara Leigh Hospital, Sentara Obici Hospital, Sentara CarePlex Hospital and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center all offer diagnostic testing, diagnostic catheterization, emergency interventional cardiology and rehabilitation.
I invite you to read the patient stories in this issue ― captivating, first hand accounts of three cardiac patients from our community who received timely, life-saving care at Sentara Hospitals. They, and numerous Sentara cardiac patients like them, have a lot to celebrate this month. As a system, we recognize and celebrate our talented physicians, nurses, technicians and cardiac team members who are at the heart of Sentara’s cardiac program.
― Dave Bernd
 Learn more about cardiac care at Sentara.
*For the latest cardiac data, check out Sentara Heart Program’s 2007 Annual Outcomes Report online.
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