Faith Regional Health Services Among Nation’s Top Performing Hospitals for Treatment of Heart Attack Patients

American College of Cardiology NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award recognizes sustained, high-level performance in quality of care.

Faith Regional Health Services has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2025. Faith Regional is one of only 323 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.

The award recognizes Faith Regional’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that the organization 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, Faith Regional Health Services has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry for at least 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.

“It is an honor to award Faith Regional with the Platinum Performance Award for their valuable national leadership and dedication to meeting comprehensive performance measures in patient care,” said Michael C. Kontos, MD, FACC, chair of the NCDR Chest Pain–MI Registry Steering Subcommittee, and cardiologist at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center. “The receipt of this award indicates that Faith Regional remains committed to providing top quality, guideline-driven care for heart attack patients. Their success ensures patients are receiving the highest quality cardiovascular care.”

“We are honored and proud to celebrate this achievement for the third consecutive year. This award is testament to our mission and to our continued focus on delivering a high standard of care to ensure quality, comfort and positive outcomes for our heart attack patients. This achievement raises our bar of excellence as we continually strive for advances and innovations.” Kelly Driscoll, Faith Regional Health Services President and CEO.