The Heart & Vascular Center at the University of Virginia treats more than 35,000 inpatients and outpatients each year. One of the goals of the center is to make each patient’s visit as comfortable as possible. With capacity, integration and comfort in mind, the center embarked on a four-phase expansion project — of which Phase One was completed in June — designed to provide patients the full gamut of heart and vascular care in a single location, within a healing, soothing environment. A new, second-floor bridge between U.Va.’s Heart & Vascular Center and the Primary Care Center (above), designed to significantly ease patients’ travel between clinic visits and accompanying diagnostic exams, is one of several additions to the state-of-the-art center. When the expansion is completed next year, the center’s clinic and laboratory space will have tripled. Full story.

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