Santé Receives Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association
Santé Receives Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association
Surprise, AZ—
Santé is proud to announce that it has earned the Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification offered by the American Heart Association®.
The certification provides an evidence-based framework for evaluating skilled nursing facilities against the American Heart Association’s rigorous science-based requirements for heart failure (HF) patients, including program management, patient and caregiver education and support, care coordination, clinical management, and quality improvement. The certification is a testament to the staff’s hard work and dedication in serving heart failure patients.
At Santé, patients receive care from compassionate, highly-skilled professionals that provide a wide variety of clinical and therapy services. Teams are trained to handle a wide range of medical conditions and surgical procedures. The comfort, safety, and well-being of patients are a top priority.
“Participation in this certification benefits the patient and the facility by standardizing care practices,” said Cory Woods, DNP, MHA, MSN, RN, volunteer chair of the American Heart Association’s Quality Certification Business Management Committee and assistant chief clinical officer at Rockport Healthcare Services in Los Angeles. “When there are clear processes during every phase of care, patients have the best opportunity for positive outcomes.”
Nearly 1 in 4 HF patients is readmitted within 30 days of discharge, and approximately half are readmitted within 6 months; about one-quarter of readmissions may be preventable. This certification can support facilities’ efforts to stop preventable readmissions.
With locations in Chandler, Mesa, Surprise, and North Scottsdale, Santé can reach more patients in Arizona. Heart failure patients who need high-quality care after leaving the hospital can get the care they need at Santé. Santé works to use innovative methods to give heart failure patients the best care.
To be eligible for this certification, the facility must be in the U.S. or a U.S. territory and implement an HF program that uses a standardized method of delivering clinical care based on current evidence-based guidelines. Santé is proud to achieve the Skilled Nursing Facility Heart Failure Certification from the American Heart Association by following the latest research-based requirements for heart failure in skilled nursing. Find out more at www.Heart.org/CertifiedCare.
Dan is Vice President, Marketing of the Alumus family of companies. A Seattle native, he earned his BA in Humanities and Political Science at Evergreen State College. He started his career as a newspaper columnist, eventually transitioning into marketing and tech writing for Microsoft and several other startups. He later launched a successful creative agency focused on branding, digital marketing, and content production in Los Angeles, where he worked for several nursing and behavioral health clients, eventually becoming the National Marketing Director for one of them.
He has taught Vipassana mindfulness meditation and MBSR and spends whatever free time he has with his son snowboarding, hiking, and camping in the mountains.
