LifePoint health furthers commitment to chest pain care
Thirty-five LifePoint Health facilities earned Chest Pain Center Accreditation in 2016, bringing the total number of accredited facilities to 63, as part of a system-wide collaboration between LifePoint Health (NASDAQ: LPNT) and the American College of Cardiology.
This success is a continuation of LifePoint's effort to accredit all 72 of its facilities across the country, working in concert with ACC Accreditation Services, formerly the Society of Cardiovascular Patient Care.
"ACC Accreditation Services is proud to collaborate with LifePoint to ensure that each of its hospitals is expertly equipped to deal with patients who arrive with symptoms of a heart attack," said Abraham Joseph, vice president of ACC Accreditation Services. "LifePoint's ongoing commitment to ensuring excellence in quality cardiovascular care and patient safety should be commended."
Hospitals that receive Chest Pain Center Accreditation have demonstrated a strong commitment to effectively reducing variations of care, bridge existing gaps in treatment and ultimately improving patient outcomes and treatment. Accredited hospitals have successfully taken steps to enhance the entire patient experience, starting by improving coordination among community responders and emergency medical services, and expanding to enhance the emergency department experience and refine the transition from surgical intervention (if necessary) to cardiac rehab and discharge.
"At LifePoint, we are deeply committed to delivering high-quality care close to home for the communities we serve," said David Dill, president and chief operating officer of LifePoint. "With many of our facilities being the sole provider in their communities, it is imperative that we have the right processes in place to ensure the delivery of timely and effective chest pain care in our emergency rooms, and that our clinical teams have the right training to deliver that care. I am proud that so many of our facilities have committed to this program, earned accreditation, and will continue working to improve emergency care for our communities even further."
The facilities that earned Chest Pain Center Accreditation in 2016 include:
- Acadian Medical Center Eunice, Louisiana
- Andalusia Health Andalusia, Alabama
- Ashley Regional Medical Center Vernal, Utah
- Bolivar Medical Center Cleveland, Mississippi
- Castleview Hospital Price, Utah
- Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester, Kentucky
- Colorado Plains Medical Center Fort Morgan, Colorado
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Johnstown, Pennsylvania
- Danville Regional Medical Center Danville, Virginia
- Ennis Regional Medical Center Ennis, Texas
- Harris Regional Hospital Sylva, North Carolina
- Haywood Regional Medical Center Clyde, North Carolina
- Jackson Purchase Medical Center Mayfield, Kentucky
- Livingston Regional Hospital Livingston, Tennessee
- Los Alamos Medical Center Los Alamos, New Mexico
- Memorial Medical Center Las Cruces, New Mexico
- Mercy Regional Medical Center Ville Platte, Louisiana
- Parkview Regional Medical Center Mexia, Texas
- Person Memorial Hospital Roxboro, North Carolina
- Rutherford Regional Health System Rutherfordton, North Carolina
- SageWest Health Care - Lander Lander, Wyoming
- SageWest Health Care - Riverton Riverton, Wyoming
- Scott Memorial Hospital Scottsburg, Indiana
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Pulaski Pulaski, Tennessee
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Sewanee Sewanee, Tennessee
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health System - Winchester Winchester, Tennessee
- Swain Community Hospital Bryson City, North Carolina
- Trousdale Medical Center Hartsville, Tennessee
- Twin County Regional Healthcare Galax, Virginia
- UP Health System - Bell Ishpeming, Michigan
- UP Health System - Marquette Marquette, Michigan
- UP Health System - Portage Hancock, Michigan
- Vaughan Regional Medical Center Selma, Alabama
- Western Plains Medical Complex Dodge City, Kansas
- Wilson Medical Center Wilson, North Carolina
Throughout 2017, another cohort of LifePoint hospitals will be working toward Chest Pain and/or Heart Failure accreditation or reaccreditation as the company strives to achieve Chest Pain Center Accreditation at every hospital in its system.
"Our mission is making communities healthier," said Dill, "and the work our hospitals are doing through this accreditation process is making a real impact. We are so pleased with the progress our facilities have made and are grateful for the guidance and partnership that ACC Accreditation Services has provided throughout this journey."
ACC Accreditation Services has accredited more than 1,000 hospitals and other facilities over the past 18 years to improve clinical processes for the treatment of heart disease.
Provided by American College of Cardiology