HeartCaring to train physicians, health care providers and patients to recognize unique causes and symptoms of cardiovascular disease in women
St. Elizabeth Regional Health has joined HeartCaring, a national certification program that helps health care providers improve heart health through physician education and community outreach focused on gender-sensitive cardiovascular care. HeartCaring is administered by the Spirit of Women Hospital/Health System Network with support from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
The NHLBI and Spirit of Women created HeartCaring in response to a growing body of research that demonstrates an under-diagnosis of cardiovascular disease in women, as well as a lack of understanding about gender variations in symptoms of cardiovascular diseases and conditions such as peripheral artery disease (PAD) and stroke.
“While we’ve known for some time that heart disease is the leading cause of death of women in this country, it’s only recently that we’ve begun to understand what we can do to better prevent and treat cardiovascular disease in women,” said Karen Bullard, division director of Inpatient Cardiac Services at St. Elizabeth Regional Health and HeartCaring coordinator. “We joined HeartCaring because we believe it will bring our primary care physicians, hospital staff and patients together to improve women’s cardiovascular care in our community by improving education and awareness at all levels.”
The HeartCaring program includes physician education about symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, PAD, and stroke in women, as well as in-office tools that help women patients make positive, healthy choices to prevent cardiovascular disease. In addition, as part of its participation in the HeartCaring initiative, St. Elizabeth Regional Health and the St. Elizabeth Heart Center will conduct community outreach to encourage healthy lifestyle choices. Physicians who participate in the HeartCaring program are certified for one year with additional gender-sensitive training required for renewal each year. More than 500 physician practices are HeartCaring certified and actively using the program, and in 2007, HeartCaring Hospital/Health Systems distributed more than 700,000 materials nationwide.
Throughout the past nine months, St. Elizabeth Regional Health employees in the emergency departments and inpatient/outpatient cardiac units, as well as several area physicians, have completed the educational components of HeartCaring.
Physicians and practices that have completed the HeartCaring certification process include:
• Woman’s Clinic, 2316 South St., Lafayette
Thomas F. Downey, M.D.
Dawn K. George, M.D.
Michelle R. Harrison, M.D.
William P. Ruckman, M.D.
Catherine T. Sam, M.D.
Susan M. Schnerre, M.D.
Daniel R. Sunkel, M.D.
• Lafayette OB/GYN, 2785 Cason St., Lafayette
Jon M. Hoversland, M.D.
Daniel J. Wickert, M.D.
• Sigma Medical Group
Keven W. Dodt, M.D., Family Medicine, 2323 Ferry St., Suite 206, Lafayette
Keith W. March, M.D., Med Express Care, 915 Sagamore Parkway West, West Lafayette
Amanda Morris, M.D., Family Medicine, 915 Sagamore Parkway West, West Lafayette
Brian F. Morris, M.D., Family Medicine, 915 Sagamore Parkway West, West Lafayette
Debbie Wright, M.D., Cardiovascular Disease, 1012 N. 14th St., Lafayette
Adel S. Yaacoub, M.D., Cardiovascular Disease, 1012 N. 14th St., Lafayette
Lisa Turner, CFNP, Family Medicine, 2323 Ferry St., Suite 206, Lafayette
Jill Reisman, PA, Sigma Nephrology
• The Care Group, 1116 N. 16th St., Suite B, Lafayette
George K. Brodell, M.D.
Sam Hansen, M.D.
Robert V. Riddell, M.D.
Jay D. Schlaifer, M.D.
David R. Schmidt, M.D.
• CorVasc of Lafayette
Bob Kolla, M.D.
• Unity
David Potts, M.D., 1345 Unity Place, Suite 265, Lafayette
• Lafayette Radiology
Michael Harned, M.D.
• St. Elizabeth Regional Health
Edward Langston, M.D.
HeartCaring is offered by Spirit of Women, which is a signature program offered exclusively by the Kathryn Weil Center for Education and St. Elizabeth Regional Health. As a Spirit of Women provider, St. Elizabeth Regional Health and the Kathryn Weil Center for Education are part of a network of hospitals and health care providers across the nation that ascribe to the highest standards of excellence in women’s health, education and community outreach.
For more information about HeartCaring, please visit www.ste.org/heart.
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