ANGIOGRAPHY
SUITE CAMPAIGN

HEART-TO-HEART 
CAMPAIGN GOAL:
$2,665,000

GOAL MET!

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Angiography Suite Campaign—COMPLETED!


Bringing Life-saving Angiography Services to Alameda County Medical Center

The Challenge: Maintaining and Improving Health in Alameda County

h2h-family2Serving a population with a high portion of uninsured and underinsured individuals, Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) strives to provide the highest quality care possible. It faces the challenges of decreasing resources, increasing need for its services and a growing number of complex and costly conditions. The designated trauma center for northern Alameda County, ACMC serves 2,400 trauma cases annually. Its patients have high rates of heart disease and vascular problems. When not diagnosed and treated early, these conditions are extremely costly, both financially and in their impact on productivity and quality of life.

Meeting the Challenge: The Heart-to-Heart Campaign

h2h-diversityACMC lacked the equipment it needs to screen, diagnose and treat these patients as quickly as possible to ensure optimal outcomes. Patients who needed these services must instead either undergo more costly invasive procedures or wait to be transferred to other area hospitals. For uninsured patients, the transfer application can take weeks to be approved, potentially delaying life-saving treatment. The goal of the Alameda County Health Care Foundation’s Heart-to-Heart Campaign was to purchase state-of-the-art angiography equipment that will enable early screening, diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from trauma and those who have heart conditions or vascular problems.

h2h-angiomachineWhat is angiography?

• Like an x-ray or MRI, angiography helps doctors figure out what’s going on inside our bodies when we are ill or injured.
• It shows the heart, veins, arteries and other tissues and organs in much greater detail than is possible with other imaging methods.
• It allows doctors to quickly and thoroughly screen, diagnose and treat patients who suffer from trauma or who have heart disease or vascular problems (such as a blood clot, aneurysm or a blocked artery.)
• It supports immediate treatment (“cardiac cath” or angioplasty) of heart disease and other vascular problems.   

How does it save lives, improve outcomes and reduce costs?

Angiography:

• Helps prevent conditions from becoming more severe or life-threatening.

• Replaces costly invasive surgical procedures that otherwise would be required.

• Decreases wait times, reduces discomfort, lowers risk and speeds recovery.

h2h-diverse familyAs a result, patients have better outcomes and costs are reduced.

How will angiography benefit our community?

• It will support ACMC in providing the highest quality medical care possible so patient outcomes will be enhanced.
• It will reduce cost; the savings can be used for other patient needs.

• Better outcomes and lower costs improve quality of life for patients, their families and our community as a whole.

 

 

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