Cardiac Awards & Distinctions

In 2006, St. Joseph Health became the regions first Accredited Chest Pain Center in the Brazos Valley. Accreditation from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association.
Honored with GWTG Heart Failure Gold Plus Achievement Award by the American Heart Association in 2020.
Honored with Mission: Lifeline STEMI Gold Plus Receiving Quality Achievement Award by the American Heart Association in 2020.
Honored with Mission Lifeline NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award in 2020.
Honored with Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center - Silver Plus Award by the American Heart Association in 2019.
Honored with Mission: Lifeline NSTEMI Bronze Award and Mission: Lifeline STEMI Receiving Center – Bronze Plus Award by the American Heart Association in 2017.
Received the American College of Cardiology Award for Cardiac Care NCDR Action Registry - Get with the Guidlines Gold Performance Achievement Award in 2016.
Received the American College of Cardiology Award for Cardiac Care NCDR Action Registry - Get with the Guidelines Silver Performance Achievement Award in 2015.
Honored with the Mission: Lifeline Silver Plus Receiving Award by the American Heart Association in 2015.
The area's only Accredited Cardiac Rehab Program by The American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.

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