UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Named Among Nation’s Leading Hospitals for Heart Attack Care

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s has received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry Silver Performance Achievement Award for 2025. UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s is among 79 nationwide to receive the honor.  

The award recognizes UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s has reached an aggressive goal of treating these 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 Silver Performance Achievement Award, UnityPoint Health - St. Luke’s has demonstrated sustained achievement in the Chest Pain  ̶   MI Registry for multiple years and performed with distinction in specific performance measures. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients. 

“UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s is honored to be recognized with the Silver Performance Award for our leadership and dedication to meeting comprehensive performance measures in heart care,” said Jane Arnold, president of UnityPoint Health – Sioux City. “The receipt of this award for the eighth year in the last 10 years indicates that our teams at UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s are committed to providing the highest quality cardiovascular care.” 

UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s is one of nine UnityPoint Health hospitals that received performance achievement awards from the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain  ̶  MI Registry for 2025.   

“We are thrilled to offer high-quality heart care to the communities we serve and to provide an exceptional patient experience,” said Gregory R. Johnson, MD, SFHM, UnityPoint Health Chief Medical Officer. “We know how much it means to have this level of care close to home and we are thankful for these awards that show we are the right choice for treating heart attacks.” 

The Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than 800,000 Americans suffer a heart attack each year. A heart attack occurs when a blood clot in a coronary artery partially or completely blocks blood flow to the heart muscle. Treatment guidelines include administering aspirin upon arrival and discharge, timely restoration of blood flow to the blocked artery, smoking cessation counseling and cardiac rehabilitation, among others. 

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

More information on heart and vascular care at UnityPoint Health can be found on our website, www.unitypoint.org/find-a-service/heart-care.