Pocket EKG offers clinical and marketing focus to the Heart Essentials Program at Integris Heart Hospital.
Integris Heart Hospital incorporates Pocket EKG as part of its Heart Essentials Program to begin in January of 2006.  A Heart Essentials membership includes the following

• Pocket EKG card
• Cardiac risk profile
• Body fat and weight assessment
• Peripheral vascular screening
• Blood pressure evaluation
• Cholesterol evaluation
• Diabetes screening

The Heart Essentials membership costs $200 and also includes an immediate nurse consultation to discuss patient results.  Heart Essentials members also can take advantage of the following discounted services.

• Nutrition consultation
• Exercise physiologist consultation
• Osteoporosis screening.

About Integris Heart Hospital
INTEGRIS Health Inc. is a not-for-profit corporation formed in 1983 to serve as the parent corporation for, and to provide management and administrative support to, INTEGRIS Baptist Medical Center Inc., another Oklahoma not-for-profit corporation that operates a tertiary care hospital in northwest Oklahoma City.
In 1994, INTEGRIS merged with Baptist Healthcare of Oklahoma, an event which brought to the organization a network of outstanding rural hospitals across the state. In 1995, INTEGRIS merged with Southwest Medical Center, an acute-care hospital in southwest Oklahoma City. Each of these organizations brings a rich history of serving Oklahomans. INTEGRIS Health, along with these and a number of other affiliated entities, form the INTEGRIS Health System.
About Cardiomark
Cardiomark LLC is a clinical based cardiovascular marketing firm providing hospitals, physicians and health systems with an innovative and clinical approach to business development, patient retention, patient loyalty, and patient satisfaction. The consumer-focused programs are designed to build medical care partnerships between cardiovascular specific health care providers and patients with heart disease or at a risk for heart disease.

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Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare Implement a Gender Specific Pocket EKG Program

According to Shelley Neal, CEO and President of Jewish Hospital Medical Center East, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare implemented the Gender-Specific Pocket EKG and Cardiac Assessment Program as a way to create multiple “front doors” into the organization and this program serves as an intricate part of their overall cardiac strategy.

About Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare
Jewish Hospital Medical Center East is an outpatient facility, part of Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare in Louisville, Kentucky, and was designed with the vision for the “next generation” care.  The facility offers the Louisville region the most advanced outpatient diagnostic procedures and treatment options while setting a new standard in patient-focused care.  This facility is also the nation;s first multi-modality show site for GE Healthcare, and features the 12-lead Gender-Specific cardiac monitoring equipment.  The parent organization, Jewish Hospital and St. Mary’s HealthCare, is a regional healthcare network that includes 70 facilities, 1900 patient beds, and employs over 8,000 team members.  A premier heart hospital, Jewish Hospital is the site of the world’s first and second implants of the AbioCor Implantable Replacement Heart.  Jewish Hospital’s Transplant Center – a joint program with the University of Louisville – is in the elite percentage of organ transplant centers in the nation and one of a hand full of hospitals performing all five solid organ transplants.  The world’s first and second successful human hand transplants were performed at Jewish Hospital.

AboutCardiomark
Cardiomark LLC is a clinical based cardiovascular marketing firm providing hospitals, physicians and health systems with an innovative and clinical approach to business development, patient retention, patient loyalty, and patient satisfaction. The consumer-focused programs are designed to build medical care partnerships between cardiovascular specific health care providers and patients with heart disease or at a risk for heart disease.

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