Rural Project Examples: Governance of healthcare organizations

Avita Health System Comprehensive Cardiology Program

Added April 2021

• Need: Population health approach to decreasing area deaths from cardiovascular disease.
• Intervention: A health system-level investment in level II cardiac catheterization services and the required specialized cardiology workforce.
• Results: Since August 2018, the Avita Health System in north central Ohio has provided local cardiovascular services that have decreased hospital transfers, increased care coordination, and provided education and prevention activities that, with time, will impact population health cardiovascular outcomes.