Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: cardiac rehabilitation programs

  • Grokking: Cardiac rehabilitation by another name

    Janice KehlerChris KehlerMiddleton, Wisconsin, United States “It is a life-saving intervention,” said Dr. Randall Thomas, the director of the Cardiac Rehabilitation Program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, adding that participation rates were abysmal. Only 20% of eligible patients over the age of sixty-five enroll in cardiac rehabilitation programs, which is a troubling proclamation in…