The Le Bonheur ACHD program is an integral part of the Le Bonheur Heart Institute, which is home for the faculty in the divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC). The Le Bonheur Heart Institute is part of Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, TN, and serves patients throughout western Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and eastern Arkansas. The ACHD program has played a role in the Le Bonheur Heart Institute’s achieving national recognition by US News and World Report as a Top Ten Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery program for the past two years. The Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery program has achieved a top tier, 3-star rating by the Society for Thoracic Surgeons. The Le Bonheur Heart Institute has earned this recognition because of excellent clinical outcomes and strong subspecialty programs that work in a multidisciplinary fashion with a commitment to patient-centered care and quality improvement.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has been recognized for its excellent cardiac and cardiac surgery care. Patients and families that choose Le Bonheur recognize that “the heart” that is emblazoned on our logo represents dedication, commitment and empathy towards our patients. The Le Bonheur ACHD team understands the vast needs that are associated with life-long cardiac care and we aim to partner with our patients and families. “The Heart” in the Le Bonheur logo means different things to different people, but within the Le Bonheur ACHD team “the heart” means so much more.
This website is designed specifically for young people with congenital heart disease. The goal is to provide information to help people who are getting ready to move (or have recently moved) to adult heart care. We use the term ‘transition’ to describe this process. Family, friends and health care providers may also find this website helpful.
Please be advised this site does not provide medical advice. All of the content on this website is provided for informational purposes only. It is not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. If you have or suspect you have a health problem, please consult your family physician. If you have or suspect you are experiencing a health emergency, please promptly visit a Hospital Emergency Department in your area. Reliance on any information provided on or provided in relation to the site is solely at your own risk. Contributors to this website are not responsible, nor liable, for any claim, loss or damage arising from the use of the information contained within this site.
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We have a simple ‘Getting to Know You’ survey that we ask all visitors to complete (we don’t ask for any personal health information). Website browsing activity will be monitored so that we can learn about the people who visit the website, how often people visit the website, and the web pages that are visited most often. This will help us decide which changes and improvements to make to the website in the future. Results from this project will be described for groups of website visitors (i.e., not for individual users).
Anyone can visit this website and most users will create their own User IDs and passwords. However, there are also Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) and pediatric cardiology programs that have officially joined the iHeartChange team and work together to keep this website going. (You can find a list of the ACHD programs in the ‘Welcome to Adult Care’ section of the website). Some of these programs might choose to assign User IDs so that they can track of and how patients from their own programs visit the website. They might even want to track this for research. If you have been assigned a User ID from a program, that program might ask us to give them information about your answers to the ‘Getting to Know You’ survey, how many times you log into the website and which web pages you visit.
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We recommend that you register by creating your own User ID and password.
This will allow you to log in again and keep track of which pages on the website you visit.
If you visit them all, you can earn a transition diploma!
If you register, it also means that you won’t be shown the disclaimer & survey each time that you visit.
However, registration is not required.
Reminder: please write down your User ID and password for safekeeping
because we don’t store your email address for password reset!
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HELPING YOU MAKE THE MOVE TO ADULT CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE CARE
Thanks for checking out our website!
This website is designed mainly for young people with congenital heart disease (CHD). The aim is to help people feel more ready to “transition” from pediatric to adult care. And we know that family, friends and health care providers might also want to check it out!
Since this is your first visit, please read our disclaimer!
