UPMC Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients

The award recognizes sustained, high-level performance in quality of care

HARRISBURG, PA. (July 15, 2025) – Five UPMC hospitals in central Pennsylvania have received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶  MI Registry Performance Achievement Award for 2025. UPMC Carlisle, UPMC Hanover, UPMC Harrisburg, UPMC Memorial and UPMC West Shore received the Platinum Performance Achievement Award and are among only 323 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

“This honor highlights UPMC’s dedication and achievement in delivering exceptional care to patients experiencing heart attacks,” said Michael Bosak, M.D., chair, Cardiovascular Services, UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Central Pa. “Our team remains steadfast in providing outstanding patient care through the expertise and collaboration of our skilled multidisciplinary professionals.”

The award recognizes UPMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that UPMC has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association clinical guidelines and recommendations.

To receive the Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award, UPMC has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain  ̶   MI Registry for two consecutive years (2023 and 2024) and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients.

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that over 800,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot in a coronary artery partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart muscle. Treatment guidelines include administering aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others.

Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the most current, science-based guidelines and establishes a national standard for understanding and improving the quality, safety and outcomes of care provided for patients with coronary artery disease, specifically high-risk heart attack patients.

Pioneers in cardiovascular health since 1956, doctors at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in central Pennsylvania were the first in the region to perform open heart surgery. UPMC’s surgeons are experts at providing exceptional care through both vascular, interventional and endovascular techniques.

For more information or to schedule an appointment at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, visit UPMC.com/CentralPaHeart.

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UPMC Carlisle, UPMC Hanover, UPMC Harrisburg, UPMC Memorial and UPMC West Shore received the Platinum Performance Achievement Award