Scott & White ranked among nation's top heart hospitals--
Thomson Reuters recognition awarded for 9th consecutive year-

TEMPLE, Texas – For the ninth year in a row, Scott & White has been named one of the nation's 100 top hospitals for cardiovascular care.

Scott & White is one of only two Texas hospitals recognized in the category of teaching hospitals with cardiovascular residency programs, and the only Texas hospital in that same category to rank in the top 100 cardiovascular programs for the ninth year in a row.

“Scott & White is proud to be ranked among the best when it comes to cardiovascular care,” said Dr. Alfred B. Knight, president and CEO of Scott & White. “Earning this recognition nine years in a row also speaks to our commitment to consistently provide excellent care.”

Also included on the Thomson Reuters Healthcare 100 Top Hospitals Cardiovascular Benchmarks Award list for 2008 were the Mayo Clinic Hospital, Yale-New Haven Hospital, and the Cleveland Clinic Florida. Award recipients were announced recently in Modern Healthcare magazine.

The industry rating company based its award on hospitals’ performance treating congestive heart failure and heart attacks.The recognized hospitals “set the highest national performance levels for both clinical and managerial excellence,” said Jean Chenoweth, senior vice president, performance improvement and 100 Top Hospitals programs at Thomson Reuters.

“Once again, we are pleased to receive this distinction,” said Dr. Gregory Dehmer, cardiology division director at Scott & White and professor of medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Among Scott & White’s leading edge cardiovascular programs are:

• STEMI CARE, the system set up by Scott & White for responding to heart attacks that can shave precious minutes off the time it takes to get the patient into a cardiac catheterization lab where the blocked artery causing the heart attack is opened using various catheter-based tools (such as balloons and stents).
• HeartAware, a free online program aimed at saving lives and preventing cardiovascular disease. Scott & White offered this service to Central Texans in 2007, providing an interactive, online personal health risk questionnaire to assess Texans’ risk for cardiovascular disease. In individuals identified as high-risk, the program also provides a free, 30-minute consultation where blood pressure, cholesterol, blood sugar levels, family history and body mass index, among other things, are checked.

In addition to the Thomson Reuters recognition, Scott & White is one of only three Texas hospitals to receive the American Heart Association’s Gold Performance Achievement Award for meeting high standards of care for patients with coronary artery disease and stroke. Patients suffering a stroke or heart attack have a greater chance of survival if treated at Scott & White, according to the AHA.

For more information, contact:

Judy Curtis

Scott & White Media Relations

254-724-4097

jcurtis@swmail.sw.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

December 11, 2008

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