Sustainability Strategies at Piedmont Hospital: 10 Years of Reprocessing Success in the EP Lab

Volume 11 - Issue 10 - October 2011
Posted on: 9/26/11
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Joann Eller, Clinical Manager, EP and Cardiac Cath Labs
Piedmont Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia

Reference

PR Newswire (Nov. 19, 2010). “Reprocessed Catheters: A Growing Force In the US Electrophysiology Diagnostic Catheter Market, According to Millennium Research Group. Press release. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/reprocessed-catheters--a-growing... Retrieved 2011-8-22.

About Piedmont Hospital

Named Best in Atlanta for Overall Cardiac Care, Cardiac Surgery and Coronary Intervention (2011) by HealthGrades^® (a leading healthcare ratings company), Piedmont Hospital has consistently ranked in the top five among metro Atlanta hospitals in patient satisfaction scores according to the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) survey and is recognized as one of the nation’s Most Wired hospitals for seven consecutive years in the 100 Most Wired Survey and Benchmarking Study. A private, not-for-profit organization with over 4,000 employees and a medical staff of over 1,100 physicians, Piedmont Hospital is a 481-bed acute tertiary care facility in the north Atlanta community of Buckhead. Piedmont is a member of Piedmont Healthcare (PHC), a not-for- profit organization that also includes Piedmont Fayette Hospital, a 157-bed, acute-care community hospital in Fayetteville and one of the 100 Top Hospitals^® in the nation for 2009; Piedmont Mountainside Hospital, a 42-bed community hospital in Jasper; and Piedmont Newnan Hospital, a 143-bed, acute-care community hospital in Newnan. Piedmont Healthcare also is the parent company of the Piedmont Heart Institute (PHI), comprised of more than 100 affiliated cardiovascular specialists in Piedmont Heart Institute Physicians with over 35 locations across north Georgia and North Carolina; the Piedmont Physicians Group, with over 100 primary care physicians and specialists in more than 35 offices throughout metro Atlanta; the Piedmont Clinic, a 700-member physician network; and Piedmont Healthcare Foundation, the philanthropic entity for private fundraising initiatives. For more information about Piedmont Hospital, visit piedmonthospital.org.