AWARDS AND ACCREDITATIONS

MISSION LIFELINE

Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus received a Mission: Lifeline ® Silver Receiving Quality Achievement award in 2018 for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association for the treatment of patients suffering heart attacks, specifically those suffering a ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). This is the deadliest type of heart attack, caused by a complete blockage in a coronary artery. The goal of the Mission: Lifeline program is to reduce system barriers to prompt heart attack care, starting with the 911 call, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. The initiative provides tools, training and other resources based on the most recent evidence-based treatment guidelines.

BLUE DISTINCTION

Bayhealth Hospital, Kent Campus was recognized in 2018 with a Blue Distinction Center® designation for delivering quality cardiac care, as part of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Blue Distinction Centers for Specialty Care ® program. This program was developed in 2006 to help patients find excellent specialists and to improve standards of care nationwide. To be named a Blue Distinction Center, a hospital must demonstrate delivery of high-quality specialty care based on specific measures developed with input from the medical community. These focus on patient safety, such as preventing hospitalacquired infections; and quality factors for cardiac surgical and non-surgical procedures, such as cardiac stent placement.

IAC ACCREDITATION

Bayhealth is proud that its Cardiology Diagnostic Laboratories have earned and maintained accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC). IAC is a national accrediting body that is widelyrespected for its standards and methods in evaluating the delivery of quality patient care within numerous diagnostic modalities. Bayhealth Cardiac Diagnostics in Dover and Milford are accredited in nuclear cardiology, and Bayhealth Heart & Vascular is accredited in echocardiography, nuclear medicine and vascular.