Hospital Recognized For Providing "High Quality" Care To Heart Attack Patients

Northside Hospital-Cherokee has once again been recognized for providing “high quality cardiovascular care” through the American Heart Association (AHA) Mission: Lifeline and Get With The Guidelines® programs, the company said in its press release.

Northside Hospital-Cherokee received AHA’s Mission: Lifeline® STEMI Receiving Center Bronze Level Recognition Award, recognizing the hospital’s commitment and success in implementing exceptional standards of care for heart attack patients.

“Northside Hospital-Cherokee is committed to improving patient outcomes and providing prompt consistent care to our heart and vascular patients,” said Beverly Hunt, chief nursing officer of Northside Hospital-Cherokee. “We are very proud of our heart and vascular team and the Cherokee County Emergency Management team for everything they’ve done collaboratively to raise the level of care that our patients receive.

According to AHA, each year more than 500,000 Americans have a STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction), out-of-hospital cardiac arrest or both. The majority of these patients fail to receive appropriate treatment within recommended timeframes.

“As a “STEMI-Receiving Hospital,” Northside Hospital-Cherokee has the expertise, equipment, facilities and other resources to perform PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention), within the STEMI system of care and help patients get the right care they need as quickly as possible,” said Hunt.

Northside Hospital-Cherokee also was recognized with AHA Get With The Guidelines® Silver Plus Quality Achievement Awards for heart failure and stroke.

“I am very proud of our physicians and staff for their hard work in achieving these awards,” said Patricia Tyson, administrative director, Northside Hospital Heart and Vascular Institute. “These quality improvement programs help our hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions.”

Northside Hospital-Cherokee offers a wide range of diagnostic, treatment and support services – encompassing the entire continuum of care for the heart and vascular patient.

A team of board-certified cardiologists, vascular surgeons, cardiac-trained nurses and technologists at Northside has the highest level of expertise in diagnosing and treating disorders like coronary artery blockages, congenital heart defects, heart failure and stroke.

In addition to Mission: Lifeline and Get With The Guidelines, the hospital is an Accredited Chest Pain Center with PCI and an Advanced Primary Stroke Center. For more information, visit northside.com/heartandvascular.

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