cardiac rehab

Cardiac rehab in an app

Did you know that only 20% – 30% of people who have been referred to cardiac rehabilitation actually make a first appointment? At Hennepin Healthcare it’s a little more, however those statistics are alarming and quite distressing. Who gets referred to cardiac rehabilitation? Patients that have had a heart attack, heart surgery, heart failure, stents,…

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Saving a Life-Saver

Hennepin EMS paramedics respond to a variety of scenes for emergency calls – often the same ones as the Minneapolis Fire Department. On Saturday, September 29, 2018, paramedics Stephanie Young and Derek Smith were in their ambulance at Minneapolis Fire Station No. 22 when they received a call to a very familiar address. “I recognized…

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