Cardiac Surgery - Philosophy of Patient Care
Each year, more than 5,000 patients from around the world come to Stanford Hospital & Clinics to receive the most advanced care for cardiovascular diseases. We offer our interdisciplinary team approach to all our patients - whether they are from across the street or the other side of the globe. We believe this approach offers patients the best possible outcomes through the most thorough clinical diagnosis and robust course of treatment possible from our arsenal of clinical and research solutions.
We further enhance our overall efforts on behalf of referring physicians and patients by making communication an important aspect of our patient care philosophy. Communication is something we take seriously in maintaining strong working relationships with physicians, patients, and their families.
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We approach our relationship with referring physicians and patients as a partnership and believe our role is to do all we can to support and maximize patients' outcomes after surgery. To this end, you can expect our staff to provide timely, complete ongoing follow-up on progress, outcomes, discharge and aftercare recommendations.
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For patients and their families, we realize they need our attention as well "“ to keep them informed of a patient's progress and to educate them about post-surgery care and expectations.
To assist you further, our surgical liaison and patient care coordinators, as well as surgical staff are available to respond to inquiries.