UPMC earns national award for heart attack care

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• Five UPMC hospitals earned ACC’s 2025 Platinum Award

• Recognizes top performance in heart attack treatment standards

• Award based on 2-year data from Chest Pain – MI Registry

Five UPMC hospitals in Central Pennsylvania earned the American College of Cardiology‘s Platinum Award for top-tier heart attack care.

The award recognizes high performance and clinical excellence.

UPMC Carlisle, UPMC Hanover, UPMC Harrisburg, UPMC Memorial and UPMC West Shore received the ACC’s NCDR Chest Pain ̶ MI Registry Performance Achievement Award for 2025. The five 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, 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.”

According to a release, the award recognizes UPMC’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. It signifies that UPMC has reached its goal of treating heart attack 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 demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain  ̶   MI Registry for 2023 and 2024 and performed at the highest level for specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients.

Over 800,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year, as estimated by the Centers for Disease Control.

Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry empowers health care provider teams to consistently treat heart attack patients according to the current, science-based guidelines. It 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.