February 7 2022 – Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is adopting the ERAS (Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery) system for patients undergoing heart procedures. ERAS is a dedicated clinical and perioperative surgical pathway to streamline goals of care and ensure a safer, more efficient and comfortable recovery for the patient.
“ERAS represents a new way of thinking about recovery after cardiac surgery. The program focuses on patient centered care to involve you and your family in your own recovery”, said Dr. Nishant Patel, cardiac surgeon on staff at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. “Our multidisciplinary team here at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center has worked diligently to develop an evidence driven process that lends to your recovery needs.”
Some of the benefits of utilizing this method include:
- Keeping your hospital stay short
- Minimizing and controlling your pain and nausea
- Helping you mobilize out of bed sooner and more often
- Preventative bowel regimen
- Optimizing nutrition allowing you to eat and drink as soon as it is safe to do so
- Listening to your concerns and adjust your care plan as needed
- Ensuring safety, enhance surgical outcomes
- Offering patient and family support throughout surgical stay and recovery
“Implementing the ERAS system will only enhance our already top notch cardiac program here at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center to give our patients a smoother and even better experience at our hospital,” said Teresa Urquhart, chief executive officer at Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center. “Our multidisciplinary team will guide the patient and their family every step of the way, so they can recover quicker and get back to the healthy life they deserve.”
As the first hospital in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast to perform open-heart surgery, we continue to be at the forefront when it comes to being the first to perform cardiac procedures and the most experienced.
- More than 100,000 cardiac catheterizations
- Over 19,000 open heart surgeries
- Over 700 TAVR’s
- Over 275 Mitraclips
- Over 50 convergent procedures
- Over 50 minimally invasive cardiac surgeries
- Nearly 300 Watchman procedures
For more information about our services, go to www.pbgmc.com or call 561-622-1411.
About Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center:
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center is a 199-bed acute care hospital serving the medical and healthcare needs of Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast for over 50 years. The hospital was the first in Palm Beach County and the Treasure Coast to perform open-heart surgery and has since remained one of the area’s leading heart hospitals, having performed over 19,000 open-heart surgeries and more than 100,000 cardiac catheterizations to date.
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center offers comprehensive cardiac care and advanced minimally-invasive procedures including Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), MitraClip, and Watchman. The hospital is the first in Palm Beach, Broward and Martin County to adopt the minimally invasive convergent approach to treat patients with atrial fibrillation. The hospital’s outpatient cardiac rehabilitation program is designed for people recovering from a heart attack, coronary bypass or valve surgery, and angioplasty or stent procedures.
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center offers advanced orthopedic care to our community. Some of the services offered include: total joint replacements for hip, knee and shoulder, sports medicine, arthroscopy, podiatry, fracture management and inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation. In 2021, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center utilized the CORI robotic-assisted surgical system to perform knee replacements.
Additional services include an Advanced Certified Primary Stroke Center, diagnostic imaging, general and robotic surgery, an Epilepsy Program and 24-hour emergency care. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center’s Emergency Department offers all private rooms and is equipped with technology to help increase patient comfort, reduce wait times and provide up-to-the-minute patient status, as well as immediate access to film-based radiological images, interpretations and related data. The hospital’s Epilepsy Program is the first of its kind in Palm Beach County to have a dedicated Epilepsy Monitoring Unit that is equipped with long-term video monitoring, a specialized form of an EEG for patients who suffer from seizures. The hospital acquired the da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgical System which can be used across a spectrum of minimally-invasive procedures such as cardiovascular, colorectal, general surgery, gynecology, urology and more.
The hospital was the recipient of the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus from 2015 – 2021, and also was named a High Performance Hospital for COPD and stroke in U.S. News and World Report’s 2021-2022 Best Hospitals. Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center was also named as the best heart center in Palm County from the Palm Beach Post 2020 Best of Palm Beach County Awards. For more information or for a complimentary physician referral, please call (833)-619-8831 or visit www.pbgmc.com.
