Our Quality of Care

• American Heart Association's Get With the Guidelines – Mission: Lifeline
  Bronze Award – 2012
  Silver Award – 2011
  Bronze Award – 2010
• HealthGrades^® Emergency Medicine Excellence - The Hospital's Emergency Department (which includes the Cycle III Chest Pain Center) was recognized by in the top 5% of emergency providers in the entire country.
• American College of Cardiology Foundation's NCDR ACTION Registry^® Get With the Guidelines
  Platinum Performance Achievement Award – 2012
  Gold Performance Achievement Award - 2011
  Silver Performance Achievement Award – 2010
• American College of Cardiology and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care ^_ 2009

Each year we measure and report our performance on criteria established by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. This report indicates how we measure up against other cardiovascular programs at hospitals in Missouri and across the country.

2010-2011 North Kansas City Hospital Cardiovascular Program Report Card

• Society of Chest Pain Centers Cycle III Accreditation with PCI.
• American Heart Association Mission: Lifeline Heart Attack Receiving Center Accreditation - The Hospital has been named one of only 11 hospitals in the country and the only hospital in Missouri to receive this distinction.
• American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation Accredited Cardiac Rehabilitation Program
• Echo Lab accreditation - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Echocardiographic Laboratories (ICAEL): Adult Transthoracic Echo, Adult Stress Echo, and Adult Transesophageal Echo
• Nuclear Cardiology accreditation - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Nuclear Cardiology Laboratories (ICANL)
• Vascular Lab accreditation - Intersocietal Commission for the Accreditation of Vascular Laboratories (ICAVL)