Release Date: 03.16.10 | Location: All Metroplex | Organization: C. Pharr & Company
Centennial Medical Center Receives Chest Pain Center Accreditation
Centennial Medical Center in Frisco, Texas, received full Cycle III accreditation status from the Society of Chest Pain Centers in February. The hospital previously held the accreditation and was scheduled to be re-evaluated. The current accreditation expires in 2013. The Chest Pain Center at Centennial Medical 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
"We are pleased that Centennial Medical Center continues to provide the excellent standard of care its patients have come to expect," said David Arai, Emergency Department director at Centennial Medical Center. "This recognition is just one more indication to Frisco and our surrounding communities that they can depend on our hospital and staff when they encounter an emergency."
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 of 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 ensures centers meet or exceed quality-of-care measures in acute cardiac medicine.
ABOUT CENTENNIAL MEDICAL CENTER
Centennial Medical Center opened its doors in 2004 to serve the Frisco area. Located off Highway 121 and Coit Road, Centennial is easily accessible for its residents when they have a healthcare crisis. With 118-beds, our full-service hospital offers an array of services ranging from maternity, radiology and pediatrics to sophisticated services such as neurosurgery, open heart surgery, and the latest procedures in joint replacement. We also have a 12-bed critical care unit to care for the most critical patients.
Our emergency department is fully accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers because of our commitment to high standards and quality of care that helps ensure our patients are neither sent home too early nor needlessly admitted during a coronary event. We are staffed with board-certified ER physicians, and our wait times are half the national average!
Centennial has all-inclusive maternity services that include a variety of classes, tours and support to help you prepare for what to expect when you're expecting. We have a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, as well as private LDR suites, mom/baby rooming, care packages, and much more.
Whether at Centennial as a visitor, a patient or family, we take tremendous pride in delivering the utmost compassion and care to all who enter our doors. For more information please visit: www.centennialmedcenter.com.
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 Kay Styer Holmes, RN BSN MSA, Director of Accreditation Services (614) 442-5950 or kholmes@scpcp.org.
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