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Welcome
to the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Center website
Our
Objectives
This website was developed
to provide:
- A resource for
patients and family members to learn about cardiovascular disease, its
treatment and prevention strategies
- An inside view
into the latest technology and research used to diagnose and treat heart
disease
- The latest heart
news from the nation’s leading heart specialists
- A timeline of the
innovations into heart care that made the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center
the number one heart center in the nation
- A resource for
health care professionals to learn about educational opportunities and
research at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Center
- Information about
the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center: where we are located, how to make
an appointment and answers to questions often asked by patients
- A place to keep
and organize important information you may find while searching through
our site.
- Through discussions
with patients and health care professionals, we designed a site that
is easy to use and has information you asked for.
Policy
regarding information posted on the site
All material is :
- Based on the latest
scientific research and national treatment standards
- Reviewed by cardiologists,
vascular specialists and/or surgeons from the Cleveland Clinic Heart
Center
 While
we strive to keep our website current, medical practices sometimes change
quickly. The web pages are dated so you can tell when it was last reviewed.
- We subscribe to
the HONcode principles. Verify
here
Site
Funding
The Cleveland Clinic
Foundation Heart Center integrates clinical and hospital care with research
and education in a private, not-for-profit group practice. This website
is self-funded and accepts no advertising.
Special
features
Special features of
the site include:
- A high powered
search engine
- A heart medication
database
- A personal folder
to keep and categorize important information you find
- A guide to the
heart, heart diseases, prevention, tests & procedures, and educational
opportunities (such as a calendar of events, support groups, and newsletters)
- Links to related
information throughout the site
- A directory of
our cardiologists and surgeons with biographies and information about
their medical publications
- Plus much more…
For more information,
take a tour of our site.
Awards
 The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center website won a Silver WWW Health Award, Spring 2002, for Hospital Patient Education. Click here for more information*
The Cleveland Clinic Heart Center website won two eHealthcare Leadership awards from Strategic Health Care as a Center of Excellence for hospitals greater than 400 beds:Best Overall Internet Site and Best Health/Health Care Content. Click here for more information*
Technical
Features
All technical features
on the site were provided by Fathom Interactive Solutions. The Cleveland
Clinic Heart Center's very high quality standards drove the need for detailed
information, interactive graphics and leading edge search functionality.
In a close partnership with the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center, Fathom,
following their proven development methodology, utilized the latest internet
technology to produce the highly customized interface needed to meet the
Center's goal of easy and intuitive access to relevant and timely information.
To learn more about how Fathom helps companies reach their goals by integrating
people, process and technology, visit www.fathominteractive.com*.
If you have questions
or comments regarding the Heart Center website, please use the contact
us form. We welcome your feedback.
Betsy Stovsky R.N.,
M.S.N.
Manager, Heart Center Website &
Resource and Information Center
Cleveland Clinic Foundation Heart Center
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with their operators
Rev. 7/05
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