MRHC Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients
October 30, 2017 10:38 am
Magnolia Regional Health Center (MRHC) has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2017. MRHC is one of only 193 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
The award recognizes Magnolia Regional Health Center’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that MRHC 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. 
The Center for Disease Control estimates that over 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 administering aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others.
To receive the ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, MRHC has demonstrated sustained achievement in the ACTION Registry for eight consecutive quarters and has performed at the top level of standards 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.
“As a Platinum Performance Award recipient, Magnolia Regional Health Center has shown it is a leader in implementing standards of care and protocols for its patients,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC, Chair, ACTION Registry; Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Heart and Vascular Center; and Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. “By meeting the requirements set forth in the registry and establishing a culture of providing guideline-recommended therapy, Magnolia is saving lives and improving outcomes of heart attack patients.”
“I am very proud of our team and their continued efforts in making our organization one of the top destinations for heart attack care,” said Ronny Humes, CEO at Magnolia Regional Health Center. “We will continue to strive for excellence in heart attack care, because we know it is something our community and region need and deserve.”
ACTION Registry empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.
The American College of Cardiology is a 52,000-member medical society that is the professional home for the entire cardiovascular care team. The mission of the College is to transform cardiovascular care and to improve heart health. The ACC leads in the formation of health policy, standards and guidelines. The College operates national registries to measure and improve care, offers cardiovascular accreditation to hospitals and institutions, provides professional medical education, disseminates cardiovascular research and bestows credentials upon cardiovascular specialists who meet stringent qualifications. For more, visit acc.org.
For more information on Magnolia Regional Health Center’s heart and vascular care offerings, please call (662) 293-1000 or visit www.mrhc.org/heartandvascular.
This post was written by Magnolia Regional Health Center
