Heart and Vascular Accreditations
2025 The Chest Pain – MI Registry™ Performance Achievement Award
At St.Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, we work hard to ensure our cardiac patients receive the best care. That is why we are excited to receive the Performance Achievement Award from American College of Cardiology’s.
This award is given to hospitals participating in the Chest Pain MI Registry who have demonstrated sustained achievement in using data to drive quality improvements in adherence to guidelines thus ensuring the overall quality of care provided to our heart attack
The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines®
The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold Plus award for proven dedication to ensuring all heart failure patients have access to best practices and life-saving care.
Additionally, St Josephs' received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll™ award, which aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to heart disease or stroke.
2025 Healthgrades Award
St. Josephs Hospital and Medical Center is the proud recipient of the Halthgrades 2025 award:
Five-Star Recipient for Treatment of Heart Failure for 2 Years in a Row (2024-2025)
2024 Heart Failure Gold Plus Award
Dignity Health St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center - 2024 Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold Plus Award
St Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has received the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure Gold Plus achievement award for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease.
American College of Cardiology Chest Pain Center v7 with Primary PCI Accreditation 2023-2026
St. Joseph's has been awarded this designation having Primary PCI available 24/7 every day of the year. This means the hospital has a dedicated team made up of the cardiac catheterization (cath) lab staff and an interventional cardiologist to quickly respond to our patients.
Accredited Chest Pain Center
American College of Cardiology
To receive accreditation as a Chest Pain Center, St. Joseph's underwent a rigorous evaluation by the American College of Cardiology. A visiting team reviews the medical center's ability to assess, diagnose, and treat patients who may be experiencing a heart attack.
St. Joseph's met strict guidelines based upon the following:
- Reducing the time from onset of symptoms to diagnosis and treatment;
- Treating patients more quickly during the critical window of time when the integrity of the heart muscle can be preserved; and
- Monitoring patients when it is not certain that they are having a heart attack to ensure they are not sent home too quickly or needlessly admitted to the hospital.