Hospital Receives PCI Reaccreditation from Corazon, Inc.

Corazon, Inc., a national leader in services for the cardiovascular specialty based in Pittsburgh, has granted reaccreditation to the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) program at Evangelical Community Hospital.

Through a rigorous process, the accreditation proves that the program at Evangelical Community Hospital has once again met or exceeded Corazon’s Accreditation Standards, national societal guidelines, and the requirements established by the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PA DOH).

Evangelical Community Hospital has demonstrated through its accreditation survey commitment to providing the highest quality level of cardiac care to its patient community.

As an accrediting agency on behalf of the PA DOH, Corazon helps to ensure life-saving services are provided in communities across the state. 

“Our team’s dedication, hard work, and exceptional leadership have afforded Evangelical the opportunity to not only meet but exceed expectations in the realm of interventional cardiac care,” said Angela Lahr, Vice President of Clinical Operations. “We are pleased to be able to offer these services to the members of our community. This reaccreditation is a testament to the quality of our program.”

For more information on heart and vascular services at Evangelical Community Hospital, visit www.EvanHospital.com/services.

Corazon has worked with over 600 hospitals nationally to evaluate, re-engineer, or implement best-practice PCI programs. Corazon is a long-time champion for PCI without onsite open-heart surgery (OHS) and notably assisted with the opening of the first PCI program of this type in Pennsylvania. Additionally, Corazon was instrumental in building a consortium of hospitals to drive the legislative changes in Pennsylvania which have expanded access to interventional cardiology services across the state.