INDIANAPOLIS – Franciscan St. Francis Health’s nationally
recognized heart attack team has received the American College of Cardiology
Foundation’s 2012 National Cardiovascular Data Registry-Get With the Gold
Performance Achievement Award
– one of only 26 hospitals nationwide to do so.
The
award recognizes Franciscan St. Francis’ commitment and continued success in
implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients, and signifies
the hospital 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 (ACC/AHA) clinical guidelines and
recommendations.
To
receive the award, Franciscan St. Francis consistently followed the treatment
guidelines for eight consecutive quarters and met a performance standard of 90
percent for specific performance measures. Following these treatment guidelines
improves adherence to ACC/AHA recommendations, monitors drug safety and the
overall quality of care provided to ST-elevation myocardial infarction and
non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction patients.
“Franciscan
St. Francis Health has been and continues to be focused on improving the
quality of cardiovascular care by setting the standards,” said William Berg,
MD, medical director of Franciscan St. Francis Heart Center.
“The number of acute myocardial infarction patients eligible for treatment is
expected to grow over the next decade due to increasing incidence of heart
disease and a growing aging population.”
To
receive the ACTION Registry–GWTG Gold Performance Achievement Award, Franciscan
St. Francis Health consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION
Registry–GWTG for 24 consecutive months. These include consistent,
evidence-based use of medications like cholesterol-lowering drugs,
beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors, aspirin, and anticoagulants in the hospital.
