Mt. VERNON, IL (July 15, 2022) – The American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR) has recognized SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital with the Silver Performance Achievement Award for their commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for patients experiencing a heart attack. As a result, SSM Health Good Samaritan will be featured in the special U.S. News & World Report "Best Hospitals" guidebook.
“The award affirms our commitment and efforts to provide the best possible care for patients who are having a heart attack,” noted Walter Parham, MD, SSM Health Good Samaritan Regional Medical Director of Cardiovascular Services. He further states, “By following the registry’s guidance, we continue to develop best practices and efficiencies based on the current clinical guideline recommendations.”
According to NCDR, data is used in both everyday practices and in research. The registry provides feedback to hospitals and practices in the form of benchmarked outcome reports which show how they are doing on an array of performance criteria. This feedback allows providers to identify areas for improvement and to track their progress. It also allows physicians to directly apply patient-based research to their daily practice.
By providing data about large numbers of patients undergoing various procedures, the registry helps facilitate studies to understand how treatments work in the real world. Hundreds of research studies and scientific abstracts have been facilitated by NCDR data.
The Center for Disease Control estimates that almost 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. In turn, without timely intervention, heart muscle will begin to die.
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About SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon
SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital – Mt. Vernon, operating in partnership with the Felician Sisters, is a 134-bed hospital and has the most advanced robot surgical system for minimally invasive surgery, a comprehensive neurosciences program, and a pediatric emergency and NICU telemedicine program operated in conjunction with the physicians at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. In 2016, SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital was named a “Best Hospital” by US News and World Report for treatment of congestive heart failure. In recent years, Healthgrades has presented SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital with the Patient Safety Excellence Award, Outstanding Patient Experience Award, and the Distinguished Hospital Award for Clinical Excellence.
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