Women use more medical services than men, especially relating to reproductive health.
Programs aimed at establishing a relationship between a woman and a hospital become major profit centers for the hospital. They know that once a women starts to have confidence in a program, no matter how small or specialized, it is then easier to encourage her to have many other referrals and services at the same hospital regardless of their convenience, quality and cost-effectiveness. While this is beneficial to the hospital, those programs that push hospital-based referrals and studies are not always in a women's best interest. This is why our Women's Heart Institute was established as an office-based program, not affiliated with any one hospital. All of your records are kept here, not scattered throughout multiple hospital departments.