LifePoint Health Furthers Commitment to Chest Pain Care
December 22 2016 - 02:00PM
Business Wire
Leading healthcare company continues
partnership with ACC to accredit 35 more hospitals in 2016
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 CenterEunice,
Louisiana
- Andalusia HealthAndalusia,
Alabama
- Ashley Regional Medical
CenterVernal, Utah
- Bolivar Medical CenterCleveland,
Mississippi
- Castleview HospitalPrice,
Utah
- Clark Regional Medical
CenterWinchester, Kentucky
- Colorado Plains Medical
CenterFort Morgan, Colorado
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical
CenterJohnstown, Pennsylvania
- Danville Regional Medical
CenterDanville, Virginia
- Ennis Regional Medical
CenterEnnis, Texas
- Harris Regional HospitalSylva,
North Carolina
- Haywood Regional Medical
CenterClyde, North Carolina
- Jackson Purchase Medical
CenterMayfield, Kentucky
- Livingston Regional
HospitalLivingston, Tennessee
- Los Alamos Medical CenterLos
Alamos, New Mexico
- Memorial Medical CenterLas
Cruces, New Mexico
- Mercy Regional Medical
CenterVille Platte, Louisiana
- Parkview Regional Medical
CenterMexia, Texas
- Person Memorial HospitalRoxboro,
North Carolina
- Rutherford Regional Health
SystemRutherfordton, North Carolina
- SageWest Health Care –
LanderLander, Wyoming
- SageWest Health Care –
RivertonRiverton, Wyoming
- Scott Memorial
HospitalScottsburg, Indiana
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health
System – PulaskiPulaski, Tennessee
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health
System – SewaneeSewanee, Tennessee
- Southern Tennessee Regional Health
System – WinchesterWinchester, Tennessee
- Swain Community HospitalBryson
City, North Carolina
- Trousdale Medical
CenterHartsville, Tennessee
- Twin County Regional
HealthcareGalax, Virginia
- UP Health System –
BellIshpeming, Michigan
- UP Health System –
MarquetteMarquette, Michigan
- UP Health System –
PortageHancock, Michigan
- Vaughan Regional Medical
CenterSelma, Alabama
- Western Plains Medical
ComplexDodge City, Kansas
- Wilson Medical CenterWilson,
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.
About the American College of Cardiology
The American College of Cardiology is a 52,000-member medical
society that is the professional home for the entire cardiovascular
care team. The mission of the College is to transform
cardiovascular care and to improve heart health. The ACC leads in
the formation of health policy, standards and guidelines. The
College operates national registries to measure and improve care,
offers cardiovascular accreditation to hospitals and institutions,
provides professional medical education, disseminates
cardiovascular research and bestows credentials upon cardiovascular
specialists who meet stringent qualifications. For more, visit
acc.org.
For more information about ACC’s Accreditation Services, visit
www.scpc.org, or call toll-free 1-877-271-4176.
About LifePoint Health®
LifePoint Health® (NASDAQ: LPNT) is a leading healthcare company
dedicated to Making Communities Healthier®. Through its
subsidiaries, it provides quality inpatient, outpatient and
post-acute services close to home. LifePoint owns and operates
community hospitals, regional health systems, physician practices,
outpatient centers, and post-acute facilities in 22 states. It is
the sole community healthcare provider in the majority of the
non-urban communities it serves. More information about the company
can be found at www.LifePointHealth.net. All references to
"LifePoint," "LifePoint Health" or the "Company" used in this
release refer to affiliates or subsidiaries of LifePoint Health,
Inc.
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LifePoint Health®Michelle Augusty,
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