Parkview Health System has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2022. Parkview is one of only 240 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
The award acknowledges Parkview’s success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Parkview 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 clinical guidelines and recommendations.
“This award recognizes Parkview’s commitment to providing the highest quality of care to Pueblo and Southern Colorado,” said Leslie Barnes, President and CEO of Parkview Health System. “It also reflects the continued hard work and dedication of our clinical staff, physicians and health care partners.”
To receive the Chest Pain - MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, Parkview has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry for two consecutive years (2020 and 2021) and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients.
“It is an honor to award Parkview with the Platinum Performance Award for their valuable national leadership and dedication to meeting comprehensive performance measures in patient care,” said Michael C. Kontos, MD, FACC, chair of the NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Steering Sub committee, and cardiologist at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center.