March 19, 2010
St. Mary’s honored for care of heart attack patients
St. Mary’s Medical Center received the American College of Cardiology Foundation’s National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) ACTION Registry — Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) Gold Performance Achievement Award in 2009. St. Mary’s is one of only 121 hospitals nationwide to achieve this honor.
The award recognizes St. Mary’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. It signifies that St. Mary’s has reached an aggressive goal of treating coronary artery disease patients with 85 percent compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.
To receive the ACTION Registry — GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award, St. Mary’s consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry — GWTG for 24 consecutive months. These include aggressive use of medications like cholesterol-lowering drugs, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, aspirin and anticoagulants in the hospital.
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