House Calls Heart Center staff members now visit patients at home following surgery By John Berggren 10 srhc.com T he era when doctors visited patients at home as a common practice may nearly be forgotten. But patients who have undergone heart bypass or valve surgeries at Salina Regional Health Center's Heart Center have been getting a reintroduction to the good old days. Early this year, Heart Center patients began receiving home visits from midlevel practitioners on staff about two days and five days after discharge from the hospital-depending on how weekends and holidays affect schedules. The service comes at no additional charge to patients and is extended to anyone within about a 60-mile radius of Salina. "We're fortunate to have three very capable midlevel providers on staff here who help care for patients while they're in the hospital, so we implemented home visits as a way to increasehttp://www.srhc.com