Overview: For Patients

The not-for-profit P.R.E.V.E.N.T. clinic is a unique, state-of-the-art cardiac rehabilitation facility that provides customized out-patient services including cardiac-event-prevention, risk-reversal, cardiac rehabilitation and community-outreach services, free of charge to patients. With the largest unit of its kind in the region and one of the most comprehensive teams in the country, we are able to help patients manage more aspects of their heart-health journey than ever before. Studies show that cardiac rehabilitation can reduce the risk of future cardiac events and disease progression by upto 90%! Our goal is to prevent a cardiac event from happening in the first place; but, if it already has occurred, prevent it from ever happening again.

Cambridge Cardiac Care has a thriving research department dedicated to advancing the understanding and treatment of cardio-metabolic illnesses. Our collaborations with the world’s most highly regarded research centres give our patients access to innovative and cutting edge medical resources that may not otherwise be widely available. After all, today’s research is tomorrow’s treatment. And we believe that when the patient is at the heart of research, everyone wins.

Cambridge Cardiac Care and its entire team is committed to protecting your health and that of the community at large during the COVID -19 pandemic. As a result, we have made necessary changes to ensure patient and staff safety. We have made the transition to virtual appointments in most cases. However, a CCC medical administrator will contact you in the event that you need to be seen in person or testing needs to be done imminently. In the event that you are called in for an appointment, please read below carefully prior to coming to the clinic.

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

All individuals entering the CCC building are required to wear a mask and keep it on for the duration of their stay in the clinic. In the event that a patient does not have a mask, one will be provided to you upon arriving to the clinic. Staff are required also to wear face masks and any other PPE as per the nature of the appointment or procedure. Though you may not be able to see our smiles, know that behind the mask, we are happy to see you.

Screening

Upon arrival, patients and staff alike, are required to answer the simple COVID-19 screening questions related to any respiratory-like symptoms, travel, and potential exposure to COVID-19. This screening is done on every individual each time they enter the building as per provincial guidelines.

Support Person

To ensure physical distancing measures can be maintained, we ask that, if possible, patients enter the building independently. However, 1 essential support-visitor may be allowed entry with each patient in the event that mobility issues or language translation call for additional support.

Preventing the Spread with Additional Safety Measures

CCC has enhanced infection control protocols throughout the clinic as per the updated mandates of the Ontario Ministry of Health and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. The following measures are updated regularly and adhered to based on public health recommendations and guidance:

• Thorough and daily screening of all patients and staff
• Providing virtual care appointments using tele-consultation technology
• Provision of hand sanitizer and masks for all patients and staff
• Enhanced environmental and surface cleaning and disinfection practices.
• Reception, waiting areas, examination & testing rooms coordinated for physical distancing