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- EIN 23-2714718
- (717) 290-6681
- 131 East Frederick Street Lancaster PA 17603 USA
- www.lancasterheart.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Health, Heart & Circulatory System Diseases & Disorders Research
Mission: The mission of the organization is to: 1) bring advanced cardiovascular and neurological care to the community via participation in clinical trials involving new drugs and devices for diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease and stroke. 2)offer cardiovascular and stroke educational resources and material both for physicians and for the lay public in lancaster county. 3)expand community-wide programs for the treatment of heart disease and stroke. 4)direct charitable funds raised in the community to the community-oriented programs for diagnosis and treatment of heart disease and stroke. 5)establish programs for advanced cardiovascular and stroke care which link the community's hospitals in joint rather than competitive efforts.
Programs: Research program: during the 6 months covered by this filing, only one new research study contract was negotiated, as the merger into lancaster general hospital was anticipated. As of 12/03/2012, there were 349 active patients in 40 research studies.
community programs: during the 6 months covered by this filing, about 20 new patients were added to the organization's patient assistance program. No new aed's were purchased. Planning was begun for an aed location program (to allow 911 operators to direct callers to aeds in the community), which will continue to be developed under lancaster general hospital, the non-profit organization into which the foundation then merged.
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