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June 2003
Sharon Regional selected for nationwide Heart Failure registry
Sharon Regional Health System is participating in a new nationwide registry
to collect and analyze demographic and treatment data about patients hospitalized
for the treatment of Congestive Heart Failure (CHF).
ADHERE, the Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National
Registry, is a joint venture between Sharon Regional's Emergency Care
Center and Heart Institute. The Registry will create a unique national database
of information on tens of thousands of CHF patients gathered from more than
200 U.S. hospitals over the next several years.
"This is an excellent project that will assist us in monitoring and improving
the care of acute decompensation of CHF," stated Sergio Segarrra, M.D., director
of emergency medicine who is overseeing the project along with cardiologist
James P. Landis, Jr., M.D. "The ADHERE registry is working with top hospitals
in the country in cardiac care and we're honored to have been chosen to participate."
Last month Sharon Regional announced the availability of a new outpatient treatment
program for congestive heart failure patients involving the administration of
Natrecor@, a specialized heart medication previously only available to inpatients
with CHF.
For more information, please call 724-983-3887.
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