MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER ACHIEVES CHEST PAIN CENTER ACCREDITATION
Magnolia Regional Health Center announced achieving full Cycle II accreditation status from the Accreditation Review Committee of the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
According to Betsy Wood, Director of Clinical Education, the primary focus was to seek out “…how we as a facility could provide the best care for our Heart Attack and Chest Pain Patients” The Chest Pain Committee decided to focus on improving the clinical outcomes for acute cardiac patients, “One Patient at a Time.”
The process begins when the patient is first touched by either the EMS staff or the Triage Nurse, and encompasses the entire facility. Monumental progress has been seen with this model while we stress the goal of “Time is Muscle”, as cardiac muscle can literally die within minutes.
As a Certified Chest Pain Center and an American Heart Association Affiliated Teaching Center, we practice the most current life saving techniques with a staff of prominent physicians and state-of-the art equipment. MRHC joins the ranks of two other Mississippi hospitals who share this esteemed certification: University Medical Center located in Jackson, MS and River Region Medical Center located in Vicksburg, MS.
Magnolia Regional Health Center’s Chief Nursing Office, Shelia Calvary stated, “We are so thrilled to receive this accreditation from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. The CPC accreditation allows MRHC to continually strive for greatness and offer our patients the highest quality, all encompassing healthcare available.”
Heart attacks are the leading cause of death in the United States, with 600,000 dying annually of heart disease. More than five million Americans visit hospitals each year with chest pain. The goal of the Society of Chest Pain Centers is to significantly reduce the mortality rate of these patients by teaching the public to recognize and react to the early symptoms of a possible heart attack, reduce the time that it takes to receive treatment, and increase the accuracy and effectiveness of treatment.
The Chest Pain Center’s protocol driven and systematic approach to patient management allows physicians to reduce time to treatment during the critical early stages of a heart attack, when treatments are most effective, and to better monitor patients when it is not clear whether they are having a coronary event. Such observation helps ensure that a patient is neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted.
With the rise of Chest Pain Centers came the need to establish standards designed to improve the consistency and quality of care provided to patients. The Society’s accreditation process insures centers meet or exceed quality-of-care measures in acute cardiac medicine.
The Chest Pain Center at Magnolia Regional Health Center has demonstrated its expertise and commitment to quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria and completing on-site evaluations by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers. Key areas in which a Chest Pain Center must demonstrate expertise include:
Integrating the emergency department with the local emergency medical system
Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients quickly
Effectively treating patients with low risk for acute coronary syndrome and no assignable cause for their symptoms
Continually seeking to improve processes and procedures
Ensuring Chest Pain Center personnel competency and training
Maintaining organizational structure and commitment
Having a functional design that promotes optimal patient care
Supporting community outreach programs that educate the public to promptly seek medical care if they display symptoms of a possible heart attack
About Magnolia Regional Health Center
Since its origination in 1965, Magnolia Regional Health Center has had a time honored tradition of focusing on the local community in the provision of health, as well as having a strong commitment to those it serves. Bringing quality physicians to our area and training hometown doctors is important to MRHC, creating a bond of loyalty between MRHC and the community it serves. Magnolia Regional Health Center (MRHC) is licensed for 164 beds and is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. A non-profit city/county owned facility, MRHC is certified for Medicare participation by the Department of Health and Human Services.
About the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC)
The Society of Chest Pain Centers is a patient centric non-profit international professional organization focused upon improving care for patients with acute coronary syndromes and other related maladies. Established in 1998, the Society is dedicated to patient advocacy and focusing on ischemic heart disease. Central to its mission is the question, “What is right for the patient?” In answer, the Society promotes protocol based medicine, often delivered through a Chest Pain Center model to address the diagnosis and treatment of acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, and to promote the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers. To best fulfill this mission, the Society of Chest Pain Centers provides accreditation to facilities striving for optimum Chest Pain Center care. SCPC is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
For more information on the Society of Chest Pain Centers visit www.scpcp.org, or contact Robert Lipetz, Executive Director at (614) 442-5950 or director@scpcp.org.
For more information on Magnolia Regional Health Center, please visit www.mrhc.org
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