# Geisinger Heart & Vascular Institute Overcomes Challenges with Cardiac Rehab

See how Geisinger Heart & Vascular Institute is Increasing Patient Engagement with Aviary Health’s Virtual Cardiac Recovery Program

## SOLUTION

### Patient Engagement

- **Footprint**: 10 Hospital Campuses  
- **Patients**: 1M+  
- **Market**: Pennsylvania

Geisinger Heart & Vascular Institute solved one of cardiac rehabilitation’s most persistent problems — patients who are referred but never finish the program, completing far fewer sessions than needed to see meaningful clinical benefit.

By partnering with Aviary Health, Geisinger transformed how patients engage with their recovery. Where traditional center-based rehab saw patients complete an average of just 21 sessions, Aviary’s virtual program brought that number to 34 — a 60% increase driven by removing the everyday friction of travel, scheduling, and time away from work or family. That deeper engagement compounded into real clinical impact: a 38% reduction in 1-year all-cause readmissions, a 44% reduction in ED admissions, and a 16% lower total cost of care in the year following enrollment. For Geisinger, virtual cardiac rehab didn’t just offer a new delivery model — it fundamentally changed patients’ relationship with their own recovery.