Nuvance joins with nation’s top heart clinic in Cleveland
Nuvance Health has announced a partnership with a top-ranked heart program in Ohio that is expected to enhance cardiovascular care in western Connecticut and Hudson Valley, N.Y.
Nuvance Health Heart and Vascular Institute has become an an affiliate of Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, which the U.S. News & World Report ranked as the No. 1 hospital in the country for heart care in 2021.
“This clinical affiliation will give us access to the best practices that have helped Cleveland Clinic achieve U.S. News & World Report’s No. 1 ranking for cardiology and heart surgery for the past 27 consecutive years,” Dr. Mark Warshofsky, senior vice president and chair of the Nuvance Health Heart and Vascular Institute, said in a statement.
Announcement of the affiliation comes shortly after Danbury, Norwalk and New Milford hospitals earned awards from the American Heart Association related to their care of patients with heart failure or who suffer severe heart attacks.
The Cleveland Clinic will work with clinicians
and multidisciplinary teams at three Nuvance Health hospitals, including Danbury and Norwalk hospitals and Vassar Brothers Medical Center in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute will share clinical best practices for patient care, giving Nuvance Health patients access to their expertise, including the latest technologies and innovations in heart care, according to Nuvance.
“This affiliation supports our high standards of delivering quality cardiovascular care to our patients that is convenient and close to home for them,” Warshofsky said. “We look forward to working with Cleveland Clinic and offering our community access to their worldrenowned care.”
The Nuvance Health Heart and Vascular Institute is now considered an exclusive Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute affiliate in western Connecticut and Hudson Valley.
Nuvance said the affiliation will benefit both entities and will increase opportunities to provide new treatments and therapies to patients. Health care professionals will also be able to explore new technologies and techniques in cardiac and vascular care to improve treatment.
“Management of heart disease is complex, but we can advance the treatment of cardiovascular disease to benefit our communities by working together on programs like this,” Dr. Lars Svensson, chairman of Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, said in a statement. “Our affiliation with Nuvance Health will allow
for sharing of best practices, while working together to ensure the highest quality care to Nuvance’s patients.”
The Cleveland Clinic Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute’s affiliate program launched in 2003. The affiliate network includes 14 hospitals across the country, with the addition of the three Nuvance Health hospitals. As affiliates, the Nuvance Heart and Vascular Institute and Cleveland Clinic remain independent, with no changes in control of physicians or staff.