Dr. Yong Shin: "We created a place we'd want our families to be treated."

Healing hearts and saving lives with advanced cardiac care

Your heart health matters to us. That’s why our board-certified specialists and care teams are pioneering new ways to prevent, detect, and treat illnesses of the heart and blood vessels. Our groundbreaking treatment and research are improving the health of our patients and our communities. When heart disease is well managed, members can focus on living their lives — not worrying about their health.

Dr. Yong Shin: "We created a place we'd want our families to be treated."

A dream team of doctors

Kaiser Permanente is home to one of the largest multispecialty medical groups in the country, including primary care doctors, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, and other medical specialists.

We offer our members some of the best and the brightest doctors. Of the 843 physicians in California honored by the National Committee of Quality Assurance’s Heart/Stroke Physicians Recognition Program, nearly all are Kaiser Permanente doctors.1 This program is designed to recognize clinicians who have met standards for delivering of high-quality care to patients with cardiovascular disease or stroke.

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At a glance: Our cardiac care

We've reduced severe heart attacks by 72%

Using a team-based, preventive approach, our caregivers in Northern California have been able to reduce severe heart attacks by 72%.2

Highest rating for bypass surgery

Kaiser Permanente Sunnyside Medical Center in Clackamas, Oregon and Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center received the Society of Thoracic Surgeons' highest rating of 3 Stars for coronary artery bypass grafting procedures.3

Hypertension Control Champions

In California, Colorado, and Georgia, we’ve earned this designation from Million Hearts®for helping patients achieve blood pressure control rates at or above 70%.4

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References

  • Clinician Recognition Directory, National Committee for Quality Assurance, recognition.ncqa.org, accessed June 3, 2019.
  • Matthew D. Solomon, MD, PhD, et al., “Community-Based Trends in Acute Myocardial Infarction From 2008 to 2014,” Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 9, 2016, p. 666; Robert W. Yeh, MD, et al., “Population Trends in the Incidence and Outcomes of Acute Myocardial Infarction,” The New England Journal of Medicine, June 10, 2010, p. 2,155..
  • Adult Cardiac Surgery Public Reporting (July 2016 through June 2018), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, Sunnyside Medical Center: https://publicreporting.sts.org/participant/30750, Los Angeles Medical Center: https://publicreporting.sts.org/participant/14844, accessed [June 3, 2019
  • Million Hearts Hypertension Control Champions, https://millionhearts.hhs.gov/partners-progress/champions/index.html, accessed June 3, 2019.