Baptist heart institute earns combined accreditation

Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute purportedly is the first in the nation to earn accreditation in both cardiovascular catheterization and cardiac electrophysiology through the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission.

BHVI is accredited in the following areas. 

IAC Cardiovascular Catheterization Accreditation: Adult Diagnostic Catheterization, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Valve Interventions and Structural Heart Interventions

IAC Cardiac Electrophysiology Accreditation: Testing and Ablation, Device Implantation and Chronic Lead Extraction

"Patient care is the driving force behind this very meaningful commitment on behalf of our team," said Victor Hall, vice president, Baptist Health Care. "Accreditation means our team has the highest-level skills and knowledge and this is the expected standard in our cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs. The team works alongside our physicians to provide effective, appropriate evidence-based care.

"We are very proud of these accomplishments and the effort each team member put into these achievements."

BHVI cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology team members are also now fully certified through Cardiovascular Credentialing International.

Team members at Baptist and Gulf Breeze hospitals began training for CCI certification more than three years ago. These team members have become registered cardiovascular invasive specialists and registered cardiac electrophysiology specialists through CCI.

This higher level of specialization is in addition to the clinical professional licenses in registered nursing and radiologic technology.

Visit eBaptistHealthCare.org/Heart or call 469-7309 to learn more about Baptist Heart & Vascular Institute.

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This article originally appeared on Santa Rosa Press Gazette: Baptist heart institute earns combined accreditation