About Corazon

Tools in CEO were the foundation to our program’s development. They reduced our start-up time by months and increased our cost-savings.

Julie Peterson, Director, Cath Lab, Coffee Regional Medical Center

The Corazon PCI Accreditation process has helped our organization meet the requirements to perform Elective PCIs without Open Heart Surgery. Throughout the accreditation process, we were able to identify areas of opportunity to improve utilization of data, application of guidelines, and overall quality. The journey has been beneficial for our institution and providers but most beneficial for the patients we care for.

Ron Hubble, Service Line Administrator – Cardiovascular & Internal Medicine, Hurley Medical Center

Henry Ford West Bloomfield has been offering elective PCI services since 2016, and as a result, are required by the MI department of community health to obtain program accreditation. We partnered with Corazon to achieve and maintain our accreditation. Corazon offers a collaborative approach providing guidance, quality oversight through ongoing monitoring or our quality outcomes, and recommendations for program improvement. We are proud of our PCI program and what we’ve been able to offer our patient community, and appreciate Corazon for their collaboration and leadership throughout the accreditation process.

Deborah Spencer, Director Clinical Operations, Emergency & CV Services, Henry Ford West Bloomfield Hospital

We have thoroughly enjoyed our experience with Corazon for our PCI accreditation. The collaborative and informative approach of their Accreditation team is always uplifting and encouraging as we are on this journey together. The Corazon team is easy to work with and we appreciate their feedback and guidance. They truly want to partner with you to ensure that the best patient care is being delivered.

Sarah Simon, Clinical Nurse Leader, Heart & Vascular, Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Campus

The collaboration, process improvement, and goal setting has been guided by Corazon for Ascension Macomb-Oakland, Warren Campus to keep up with a robust PCI program. It has been a wonderful and purposeful accreditation partnership with Corazon.

Katherine Alarcon, Clinical Nurse Manager, Invasive Cardiology, Ascension Macomb-Oakland, Warren Campus

The User Group included with Corazon’s accreditation is so informative. We learn so much on the calls and we can’t wait to try some of the other best practices that the group talked about from experience. It is nice to hear about shared challenges, and that we all have room to grow and learn from each other. All of us at Garden City Hospital are so glad we are a part of Corazon, as they have shared so much with us and partnered to help our program grow and provide quality care to our patients.

Deborah King, Director, Cardiology & Neurology Services, Garden City Hospital

Corazon was quick and thorough with finding a highly-qualified placement to join our team. This candidate has been doing great in the role and immediately jumped right into project planning. This candidate is already a valuable member of our leadership team and we are very satisfied with Corazon’s Recruitment services for finding us the right-fit for our program.

Karen Scoggins, Chief Nursing Officer, Central Peninsula Hospital

The Corazon team was very knowledgeable with planning and implementing our PCI program, as well working through the state regulatory environment for our program’s Accreditation. The projects were managed in a timely manner and used best practices and benchmarks for the development of not only implementing a cardiac cath lab, but developing a high-quality cardiac program. Our program is positioned for success from our collaboration with the Corazon team and we look forward to working with them again in the future.

Douglas K. Hughes, Chief Strategy Officer, Grand View Health

Corazon Essentials has been a great resource for our program. The online module is easy to access, and offered a nice starting point for all the paperwork involved in initiating a new program.

Melo-Dee Collins, Administrative Director, Cardiovascular Services, Marion General Hospital

Corazon Essentials Online was able to assist with the many development and programming questions we identified as we began our interventional angioplasty program. The online module was frequently used as a resource for benchmark information that was not readily available in our market. Information obtained from Corazon’s CEO product allowed us to make informed decisions, which saved us time with implementation.

Kathleen Whelan, Vice President, Operations at JHS Health Network

With the support of Corazon and their CEO product, the implementation of our PCI program became a much more efficient process. We have seen a significant impact in our operating margin, and we feel confident in our high-quality patient care. Corazon has built a wonderful tool to expedite new program development in a way that can quickly yield real dollars for your organization, and more importantly saving the lives of those who live in our community.

Craig Owens, President, WellStar Douglas Hospital

As a new PCI program, our Cath lab management and Senior Leadership Team were very motivated to ensure our procedures met the highest quality standards and adhered to the guidelines set forth by accrediting bodies. Through Corazon’s Platinum Accreditation process, we were afforded access to quarterly peer review for our interventional procedures and this provided the link we needed to our in-house quality program. As a result of Corazon’s Peer Review, we fine-tuned our patient selection process for appropriateness and saw improvements in our documentation. We are very pleased to see these improvements in our PCI program as a result of Corazon’s quarterly peer review process and recognize that promoting best practice guidelines also positively impacts reimbursement.

Julie Peterson, CV Quality Coordinator, Coffee Regional Medical Center

Corazon was able to quickly place a qualified interim for a very specific role in our cardiovascular service line. We felt very comfortable having this individual back for additional work as a follow up to the initial engagement as well.

Andrew Bowman, Executive Director, Cardiopulmonary Services, Sacred Heart Hospital; Hospital Sisters Health System

Having an interim manager has been invaluable to our organization because we’ve been able to achieve our cardiovascular program objectives in a much faster timeframe than originally anticipated. Ultimately, the interim leader has helped me identify the ideal characteristics of our next leader as we prepare to recruit. We could not have done as much to accomplish our goals without her. She’s also been fabulous with the staff…

Mary Ouimet, Chief Nursing Officer, Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare – All Saints; Ascension

Corazon has done an exceptional job with locating and securing the services of competent, well trained cardiovascular surgeons to fill our temporary need. It is always a pleasure working with the staff at Corazon whenever locum tenen coverage is needed.

Donald Lemmon, Director of Operations, Providence Health & Services

Thanks to the implementation support of Corazon and the processes that our team has been working so diligently to implement, we had our first successful stroke code. We administered t-PA in 56 minutes and the patient responded very well. It was a great showcase of just how far we have come and renewed our team’s excitement about bringing this standard of care to save lives in our community.

Joe Bradley, Stroke Coordinator, Tanner Medical Center

I was very satisfied with my experience with Corazon on our most recent recruitment engagement for an Interventional Cardiologist. They met with all the various constituencies and developed a very impressive profile for the position. They were efficient in screening the candidates that met the profile and communicated the status of the recruitment efforts in a timely manner. I was pleased with the way the recruiter was proactive and owned the process.

Larry Burns, COO, Yavapai Regional Medical Center

Working with the Corazon recruiter was very beneficial to our organization and the recruitment process for these open positions. Due to our recruiter’s creativity and persistence, we were able to select candidates that were the ‘cream of the crop’, and we actually had many good candidates to choose from! I would highly recommend using Corazon for recruitment needs.

Ginny Follett, Administrator of GI Services, WellSpan Good Samaritan Hospital

Corazon, Inc. provided consistent support to our hospital during a critical time with a great deal of success and enhanced our ability to provide exceptional patient care. They constantly provide quality services to Northside Hospital allowing us to meet the needs of our community.

Steve Hudson, Chief Finance Officer, Northside Hospital – Cherokee

Corazon has been an integral part of our hospital for many years. They’ve helped us put together a truly successful cardiovascular program from both a quality standpoint and a financial standpoint…They’ve served as a liaison for our cardiac surgeon, helped us recruit a cardiologist, and negotiated a vascular program with our doctors that has been very well-accepted by the community.

Dr. Alan Yeasted, Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Emeritus, St. Clair Hospital

Corazon’s involvement in our neuroscience service line expansion saved us months in terms of development time, as well as literally hundreds of thousands of dollars in real savings.

Tim Shephard, PhD, Vice President of Neurosciences, Mount Carmel Health System

It was a delight working with the Corazon team on the implementation of our PCI and open heart surgery programs. Upon survey completion of the cardiovascular services area by the California Department of Public Health, they indicated that we were the most prepared facility and service they had ever surveyed. I give much of that credit to the knowledge and guidance the Corazon consultants provided. They filled an incredibly important role in helping us to achieve this milestone.

Roger Seaver, President & CEO, Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital

We appreciate Corazon’s help with the implementation of our PCI program. The leadership and professionalism of the Corazon team were key to this whole process, and we thank them for the time, efforts, and hard work dedicated to our program. Any hospital that works with Corazon is getting the best there is.

Skip Putnam, CEO, Northside Hospital-Forsyth

The Corazon team’s guidance and project management with our strategic planning and physician alignment initiatives helped move the concepts from the drawing board to reality. We would still be deciding internally what to do next without their facilitated leadership. They were key to gaining the momentum needed to make informed, strategic decisions to move our service line forward.

Dave McClure, VP, Strategic Initiatives, West Virginia University Health System

With Corazon’s expertise and specialized study of our medical center, we now have a great implementation road map for expanding neuroscience capabilities that are needed to better care for our community.

Larry Burns, Chief Operations Officer, Yavapai Regional Medical Center

I want to extend my sincere thanks to the Corazon team for making the accreditation process at St. John Macomb-Oakland such a positive experience. Corazon was a pleasure to work with and I truly feel that we will become a better program as a result.

Kathy Budka, Clinical Nurse Manager, Invasive & Non-Invasive Cardiology, St. John Macomb-Oakland; Ascension Health

Thank You, Corazon! Here at WellStar Paulding, we are growing tremendously month after month…our staff continues to grow to better meet the demands of our OP volume. We’re already considering the addition of a second lab for our continued cath growth and newly-added simple EP procedures…At Douglas, we continue to lead the system overall in NCDR, PCI, and GWTG outcomes and it’s likely Paulding will follow suit. Our verification with Corazon has done so much to help us be successful in our quest to best treat heart disease in our local communities.

Steve Williams, Executive Director of Cardiovascular Services, WellStar Douglas and WellStar Paulding Hospital

Our experience with Corazon Accreditation has exceeded our expectations here at Garden City Hospital…the overall process has helped us improve our program in the best of ways, with the consultants there every step of the way. From interacting with our team, to collaborating with our physicians, to providing feedback to our executive team, we feel Corazon’s feedback and accreditation will elevate care in many ways. We’re excited to have Corazon’s Seal of Accreditation on our cardiovascular program and think they represent how the accreditation process should be.

Deborah King, Director, Cardiology and Neurology Services, Garden City Hospital; Prime Healthcare Services

Corazon provides an extra layer of quality assurance that is essential in the success of any cardiac catheterization program. Through the support from Corazon and our medical director, [we have] not only achieved, but consistently maintained, positive outcomes…Corazon also provides identification of areas for improvement according to the top benchmarks across the nation. With early recognition and timely implementation of change, Evangelical has seen our outcomes steadily soar. With Corazon as our accrediting body, we have a “safety net” for our quality program.”

Lisa Brinckman, Director of Heart and Vascular Services, Evangelical Community Hospital

Working through the accreditation process has been a pivotal part of our continued development of best practices for our catheterization lab. With Corazon, we gain invaluable insight into cardiology as a whole, including the labs…[We have] worked with Corazon for more than 15 years, and through this partnership, our cardiology department has continued to grow and flourish into one of the most accredited and successful in the state. We are quite thankful for this continued relationship, and look forward to working with them for years to come.

Sandra Thorpe, Executive Director, Patient Flow/Critical Care, Uniontown Hospital

We are extremely satisfied with every aspect of our cath lab accreditation project with Corazon. From the prep, to meeting our quick timeline, to the site visit for review, we couldn’t be happier with the results. The entire project was completed quickly and thoroughly, and now our community has evidence of the high quality cardiac care we provide at McLaren Greater Lansing. Corazon’s accreditation is a 5-Star service!

Kim Hiltunen, Patient Care Manager, Cardiac Cath Lab, McLaren Greater Lansing

It was extremely helpful to have the assistance of the seasoned team from Corazon. They knew the PA regulations and were actually instrumental in assisting the DOH with the development of the guidelines, which was an added bonus of working with them. Corazon provided the A-Z of all of our needs, helping to establish the types of committees needed to ensure employees throughout the hospital had a say in the program, which allowed our team to become engaged in the program and thus instrumental to its success.

Kathy Miller, Administrative Director of Heart & Vascular Services, UPMC Pinnacle Hanover