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Tanner Health System has become one of a small percentage of American hospitals that allow heart attack patients to bypass the emergency department and go straight to a cardiac specialist for care.
“Traditionally, patients experiencing a heart attack would first be brought by ambulance to the emergency department for testing and evaluation – a process that, in some instances, could take 40 minutes or more even under ideal circumstances,” said Taylor Powers, vice president of cardiovascular services for Tanner. “But if we’re able to have a diagnosis and treatment plan in hand when the patient comes through the door, we’re able to move much faster with treatment.”