Heart Hospital Network
If you think you need to travel far for advanced cardiovascular care, you should know that Northwest Health System’s Heart Hospital Network is performing many advanced procedures that can keep you close to home.
In February 2010, Northwest Medical Center – Springdale achieved the first Chest Pain Center Accreditation with PCI in Northwest Arkansas. In December, 2010, Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville also achieved Chest Pain Center accreditation. This prestigious recognition by the Society of Chest Pain Centers means that we follow nationally recognized standards for the education, treatment and management of cardiovascular concerns.
Northwest Health System has been a leader in heart and vascular care for years. In fact, the region’s first open-heart surgery was performed here in 1986. In 2010, a multi-million dollar capital investment in equipment, technology and facility renovations has allowed us to continue the tradition.
The collaborative efforts of Northwest Medical Center – Bentonville and Northwest Medical Center – Springdale within the Heart Hospital Network provides cardiovascular services comparable to those found at the most prestigious heart and vascular centers in the Arkansas-Oklahoma-Missouri region and in the nation.
Progressive initiative creates new model for cardiovascular services
Northwest Health System has taken heart and vascular care to the next level by establishing The Heart Hospital Network – Northwest Health System, a “virtual hospital” model designed to align and expand cardiovascular care in the Arkansas-Oklahoma-Missouri region.
This physician-led “virtual hospital” model integrates cardiovascular services at Northwest Health System’s hospitals in Springdale and Bentonville under the new identity of The Heart Hospital Network. Northwest has committed a significant investment in new equipment, software and facility renovations to make The Heart Hospital Network a reality. Initially, the project calls for the designation of a significant portion of the Springdale hospital’s north patient tower (Tower 1) and the Bentonville hospital’s cardiovascular services as core components of The Heart Hospital Network.
The heart hospital network model, which is physician-driven, unifies various services related to heart and vascular care. It is designed so that related departments flow together to create a synergy that results in a more “seamless” delivery of care. This model streamlines care to create maximum proficiency, following “best-practice” processes, with the patient and family at the center of it all.
The combined resources of Northwest’s unified heart and vascular program (with three cardiovascular operating rooms and six cardiac catheterization labs), gives Northwest Health System the largest capacity of any such program in Northwest Arkansas.
Technology and information are primary drivers of quality-management in The Heart Hospital Network’s efforts to establish itself as one of the leading heart and vascular programs in the state and region.
Click here to read more about the announcement of The Heart Hospital Network.
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