Editor
In the past at Atrium Health’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, as in many other hospitals, postoperative cardiac patients were discharged with a vague understanding of what recovery entails. Uncertainty can lead to preventable poor outcomes and readmissions for issues that could have been managed in the outpatient setting.
THE PROBLEM
Anxiety is common in patients preparing for cardiac surgery. Patients prefer to be home, but recovering…
