CATH LAB ACCREDITATION SHOWS ‘HEART’ OF NEWMAN REGIONAL HEALTH

By ryAnn Brooks brooks@emporia.com

When Newman Regional Health opened the W.S. & E.C. Jones Cardiovascular Lab in 2013, the goal was to establish a strong team providing unparalleled care to Emporia and its surrounding communities.

And, they wanted accreditation to show it.

“We really wanted to validate that we were providing unparalleled care to our community, and we wanted to go after that certification by the American College of Cardiology,” said infection preventionist Ester Knobloch. “So, we built the team.”

A decade later, they reached that goal.

The American College of Cardiology recognized Newman Regional Health with Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI in November, marking the end of a rigorous evaluation of the hospital’s staff and diagnostic processes for patients who come into their cardiac catheterization lab. Newman Regional Health’s cardiac cath lab is one of less than 2,000 across the United

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States and is currently the only cardiac catheterization laboratory in Kansas to hold this particular accreditation.

“Newman Regional Health has demonstrated its commitment to providing Lyon County with excellent heart care,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, MD, MPH, FACC,

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