UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center and UnityPoint Health – Iowa Lutheran Hospital have been recognized by the American College of Cardiology (ACC) for their commitment to delivering high-quality care to heart attack patients.
Iowa Methodist Medical Center received the Platinum Performance Achievement Award, and Iowa Lutheran Hospital received the Silver Performance Achievement Award from the ACC’s NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry for 2025. Iowa Methodist Medical Center is among 323 hospitals nationwide to achieve the platinum level of recognition, while Iowa Lutheran Hospital is among only 79 to achieve the silver level recognition.
These awards recognize each hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients and signifies that Iowa Methodist Medical Center and Iowa Lutheran Hospital have 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…