HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast among nation's top performing hospitals for treatment of heart attack
Pasadena, Texas — HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for 2025 and is one of only 323 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor.
The award recognizes HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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, HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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.
“It is an honor to award HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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 HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast remains committed to providing top quality, guideline-driven care for heart attack patients. Their success ensures patients are receiving the highest quality cardiovascular care.”
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.
“HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast is committed to delivering high-quality patient care and strong outcomes through adherence to the latest treatment guidelines,” said Yasmene McDaniel, CEO of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast. “The Chest Pain-MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award is a testament to our team’s sustained excellence in the Registry for two consecutive years (2023 and 2024), reflecting our consistent ability to maintain the highest standards of care and performance for our heart attack patients.”
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.