Baptist East receives gold award for heart attack care

Baptist Hospital East has consistently met the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry^®-GWTG^™ for eight consecutive quarters, receiving the Gold Performance Achievement Award for 2011.

One of only 167 hospitals nationally to receive the honor, Baptist East was recognized for treating heart attack patients according to the high standards of care set by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

The hospital met a performance standard of 85 percent for specific performance measures to receive the award.

ACTION Registry-GWTG is a partnership between the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the American Heart Association with partnering support from the American College of Emergency Physicians, Society of Chest Pain Centers and the Society of Hospital Medicine.

For more information, go to www.ncdr.com/action.

Baptist Hospital East consistently followed the treatment guidelines in ACTION Registry®-GWTGTM for eight consecutive quarters and  met a performance standard of 85% for specific performance measures to receive this 2011 award.