Program brings the hospital home after heart surgery

When Marsha Pruitt learned she was ready to go home from the hospital after open heart surgery, she responded to her surgeon as many other patients do: “Are you sure?” Although Pruitt describes herself as “not a hospital kind of girl,” the idea of going home – and being far from her care team – was stressful. What eased her anxiety was the opportunity to participate in a program that connects cardiac patients to their providers virtual ly following a hospital discharge. Through a new…
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