Clinical Component

Elevating Healthcare Services for Providers and Patients

This is an interventional cardiology practice that splits time between clinic and the cath lab. The physician works alongside an experienced procedural team and a dedicated advanced practice provider, with support built in for weekend inpatient coverage.

Clinical Volume

Clinic patients per day 22 to 25 once fully ramped
Procedure patients per day 10 to 14 (some with multiple procedures)

Procedure Suites

Suite Detail
Cath labs 4 (7:00 AM to 5:30 PM)
EP lab 1
Hybrid room 1
Turnaround time 15 minutes

Procedures

  • Core interventional caseload: cardiac catheterization, angiography, PCI, and thrombolysis.
  • Peripheral vascular procedures are performed.
  • TAVR is available as an option.
  • Structural heart is not required but is available.
  • Extravascular ICD is performed with the group's electrophysiologist.
  • The group is open to expanding services, with mitral clip planned as a future offering.

Call

Type Coverage
Weekend 1:8, Friday 7:00 AM to Monday 7:00 AM
STEMI 1:6, about 4 days per month
Location Taken from home

Weekend coverage includes rounding on all inpatients Saturday and Sunday, averaging about 30 patients, with support from your APP. The hospital is fully staffed with weekend inpatient coverage.

Clinical Support

  • Each physician is assigned a dedicated APP.
  • The APP supports weekend inpatient rounding.
  • During procedures, the lab team includes an RN, a radiologic technologist, a cardiovascular invasive specialist, and anesthesia staff.
  • The team is experienced. The cath lab manager has been with the system for 23 years, and several staff members have more than 20 years of tenure.
  • Anesthesia: about 95 percent of cases use moderate sedation administered by nursing staff. A CRNA or physician is scheduled when needed.

Technology

  • EMR: eClinicalWorks and Meditech.
  • AI scribe and Dragon dictation are available.
  • Three exam rooms per provider, each with a desktop workstation. A laptop option is also available.

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