Heart & Vascular Care Center

Quality Best Practices

High-quality care isn’t subjective; it can be measured. The Heart and Vascular Care Center at White Memorial compares itself against national standards for patient care quality and safety. One way is through a voluntary three-year program run by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) along with 360 other hospitals nationwide. The program tracks  how well hospitals follow recommended standards of care for heart attack, congestive heart failure and coronary artery bypass surgery – called “core measures.” The Heart and Vascular Care Center at White Memorial consistently strives to reach  100 percent of these CMS core measures.

Additionally, the Center participates in the American College of Cardiology registry, which helps us compare our cardiac outcomes with similar hospitals throughout the country. The hospital also participates in a variety of other quality measurement databases.