The new Jewel & Jim Plumb Heart Center at Mercy is scheduled to open for patient care on July 17. An open house of the new heart center will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 12. Located across Eighth Avenue SE from the main hospital in downtown Cedar Rapids, the 72,000-square-foot facility is designed to be […]
The new Jewel & Jim Plumb Heart Center at Mercy is scheduled to open for patient care on July 17. An open house of the new heart center will be held 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 12.
Located across Eighth Avenue SE from the main hospital in downtown Cedar Rapids, the 72,000-square-foot facility is designed to be Linn County’s largest and most comprehensive heart facility, offering integrated, patient-centered care and state-of-the-art technology. As such, it will bring heart specialists and coordinated heart services all under one roof.
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Plumb Heart Center will feature patient conveniences along the continuum of care – from prevention and screening to diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation. The center will also include an increasing number of heart-focused specialty clinics designed to provide education, ongoing assessments, and individual care plans, including clinics for heart failure, atrial fibrillation, heart valve disorders and more.
Funding for the facility was made possible through a generous estate gift from the late Jewel and Jim Plumb of Cedar Rapids. Their gift was one of the largest donations in the hospital’s 123-year-history, $23 million of which was dedicated to the naming and development of the new Plumb Heart Center.
Ryan Companies US, Inc. designed and built the heart center.
