3 Ways American Heart Association Certification Gives Patients Confidence
About 6 million U.S. adults are living with heart failure (HF), a number that is expected to increase to more than 8 million by 2030.1 When these patients are choosing a post-acute care provider, trust is a key factor in their decision. Does your organization inspire confidence in patients and their families about the quality of care and compassion they will receive?
Patients know the Heart-Check mark from heart healthy items in grocery stores. They trust in the promise that products with this recognizable symbol will keep their families healthy. Now, your organization could boast that same promise.
The American Heart Association has a long history of recognizing hospitals for their quality of care through certification. Our Certified Care program brings this gold standard tradition of certification to the nonhospital setting with a greater focus on systems of care. American Heart Association certification can help improve patient confidence and set your organization apart among:
- skilled nursing facilities
- hospice and palliative organizations
- senior living facilities
- home health organizations
- physician practices specializing in hypertension
Here’s what patients will know when they see the Heart-Check mark paired with your organization:
1. You are part of a robust system of care for heart failure patients.
By some statistics, the number of heart failure patients will increase by 46% in 2030. Plus, penalties due to rising readmission rates are already a top concern for referring hospital leaders. Is your facility prepared to provide the guideline-directed care that heart failure patients need to avoid returning to the hospital?
Boost your facility’s reputation as a high quality care provider to increase referrals. A team of quality improvement managers from the American Heart Association is ready to work with you to help improve care coordination with hospitals to reduce readmission rates.
2. You are focused on improving patient outcomes.
These specialty certification programs are focused on the next step in care with one goal — to recognize facilities that make the patient care experience better. The post-acute certifications build on the Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure quality improvement efforts and provides certified facilities with tools to bridge gaps and integrate standardized care, quality initiatives, clinical best practices and the latest scientific guidelines into their post-acute heart failure patient care processes.
3. You are one of the most dedicated providers of post-acute care in your area.
The American Heart Association is the nation’s oldest, largest voluntary health organization devoted to fighting cardiovascular diseases and stroke. Trust of the Heart-Check mark has been long recognized and is the established seal for those seeking the best heart and stroke care and having it will differentiate you from your competitors.
Are you ready to prove your commitment to heart failure care and take your organization to the next level through American Heart Association certification? Receive more information and learn more ways that your organization can benefit from certification.
[1] Circulation. 2022;145:e548. DOI: 10.1161/CIR.0000000000001052
