Health Care & Insurance  August 22, 2019

Four hospitals receive cardiology recognition

Four hospitals in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley have received platinum recognition in the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain MI Registry.

Recognized at the platinum level were Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, McKee Medical Center in Loveland, North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.

The award recognizes the aggressive treatment of heart attack patients in ways that meet clinical guidelines and recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

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The Center for Disease Control estimates that more than 700,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot in a coronary artery partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart muscle.

Treatment guidelines include giving aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others.

Editor’s note: This article has been corrected to reflect that Good Samaritan Medical Center and McKee Medical Center received platinum recognition, not silver.

Four hospitals in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley have received platinum recognition in the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain MI Registry.

Recognized at the platinum level were Good Samaritan Medical Center in Lafayette, McKee Medical Center in Loveland, North Colorado Medical Center in Greeley and UCHealth Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland.

The award recognizes the aggressive treatment of heart attack patients in ways that meet clinical guidelines and recommendations from the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association.

The Center for Disease Control estimates that more than 700,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs…

Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is editor and publisher of BizWest, a regional business journal covering Boulder, Broomfield, Larimer and Weld counties. Wood co-founded the Northern Colorado Business Report in 1995 and served as publisher of the Boulder County Business Report until the two publications were merged to form BizWest in 2014. From 1990 to 1995, Wood served as reporter and managing editor of the Denver Business Journal. He is a Marine Corps veteran and a graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder. He has won numerous awards from the Colorado Press Association, Society of Professional Journalists and the Alliance of Area Business Publishers.
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