14 Oct 2024 Unity Health among nation’s top hospitals for heart attack treatment
SEARCY – Unity Health has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2024. Unity Health is one of the top hospitals nationwide to receive this honor and one of only five statewide.
The award recognizes Unity Health’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for patients experiencing chest pain or heart attack and signifies that Unity Health has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.
“Receiving this recognition is an honor and testament to the outstanding cardiac care our teams provide at Unity Health,” President and CEO, LaDonna Johnston said. “Together, we work to treat patients immediately and accurately with life-saving care.”
To receive the Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, Unity Health has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry for two consecutive years and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients.
“Congratulations to Unity Health – White County Medical Center for receiving the prestigious Platinum Performance Achievement Award from the American College of Cardiology! The Chest Pain – MI Registry Performance Achievement Award recognizes a hospital’s success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. Well done to the entire team for their dedication and hard work,” David M. Evans, M.D., FACCC said.
Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.
