Goals

Cardiac Fitness Institute
“Strengthening the Heart of Southwestern Ontario”

Our Vision:
Advancing excellence in Cardiac Rehabilitation Services for People with Heart Disease.

Our Mission:

To provide a cost efficient, integrated hospital program of effective and caring services.
To optimize quality of life, clinical outcomes and productivity through excellence in continuing care, education and research.

Our Patient Care Goals:

To maintain the individual as the primary focus of care.
To reduce mortality and improve quality of life.
To provide cardiac risk factor medical management.
To maintain a cost efficient program.
To reduce cardiac and non cardiac related health care costs.

Our Education Goals:

To provide cardiac risk factor education and exercise programming.
To provide associated health care education as required.
To offer educational services to physicians, nurses, health care providers and agencies in all aspects of cardiac rehabilitation programming and patient care.
To facilitate staff continuing education.

Our Research Goals:

To enhance the body of knowledge of cardiac rehabilitation in collaboration with the Lawson Health Research Institute and the University of Western Ontario.
To Participate in and facilitate research by associated bodies in the research communities.