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 Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute the No.1 heart center in the nation
- A resource for health care professionals to learn about educational opportunities and research at the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute
- Information about the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute: 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 Miller Heart & Vascular Institute.
- 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 Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute 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 Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute website won a Silver WWW Health Award, Spring 2002, for Hospital Patient Education. Learn more.*
The Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute 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. Get more information*
Technical Features
All technical features on the site were provided by Fathom Interactive Solutions. The Miller Family & Vascular Institute very high quality standards drove the need for detailed information, interactive graphics and leading edge search functionality. In a close partnership with the Miller Family Heart & Vascular, 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.fathom.net*.
If you have questions or comments regarding the Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute website, please use the contact us form. We welcome your feedback.
Betsy Stovsky R.N., M.S.N.
Manager, Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute Website &
Resource and Information Center
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