Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) have been an integral part of IHVI’s team for more than four decades. The first physician assistant hired in Virginia came to work with the IHVI cardiac surgical team in 1977, and there has been subsequent growth and expansion to include APPs working throughout IHVI, as part of the multidisciplinary care teams, to transform care delivery.
Highlights Include:
- More than 100 APPs – both nurse practitioners and physician assistants – working at all five IHVI hospitals and in many of our outpatient settings.
APPs Serve in Both Inpatient and Outpatient Units:
- Inpatient areas: EP, interventional and noninvasive cardiology, complex coronary disease, advanced heart failure, ACHD, pulmonary hypertension and CTEPH, advanced lung disease and lung transplant, structural heart disease, cardiac and vascular surgery, and all inpatient units including the CICU and CVICU.
- Outpatient clinics: cardiology, vascular, cardiac surgery, heart failure, advanced heart failure, heart transplant and VAD, electrophysiology, structural heart disease, pulmonary hypertension, lung transplant and advanced lung disease, and adult congenital heart disease.
APPs are responsible for evaluating and treating medical problems, coordinating care in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, communicating with families and the other members of the healthcare team, planning for discharge, and conducting overall patient management.