Cardiac Rehab is a medically supervised program. Patients with heart disease and post-heart surgical procedures get help to improve their physical, emotional, and social functioning with individualized goals. Cardiac Rehab has been shown through research to stabilize, slow, or even reduce the risk of the progression of Heart disease, another cardiac event, or even death.
The Cardiac Rehab program at JCH strives to help patients make lifestyle modifications that may include smoking cessation, stress management, nutritional education, blood pressure and cholesterol control, weight control, and diabetes control. The program also includes- Exercise training and monitoring your heart and vital signs.
Medicare and most insurance companies cover Cardiac Rehab for the following diagnoses-
- Heart Attack
- Bypass Surgery
- Chronic stable angina
- Stent placement
- Heart valve surgery
- Low ejection fraction
Contact Lisa Westerfield, RN –
Johnson County Hospital Cardiac Rehab
402-335-3361 or
email: lwesterfield@jchosp.com
Staff
Lisa Westerfield
Cardiac Rehabilitation Supervisor