In 2017, Union Hospital Clinton became Chest Pain Accredited through the American Heart Association. In 2023, Union Hospital Clinton ranked as the fourth fastest hospital in the nation for transferring patients to another facility for acute coronary intervention.
Based on information collected by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Becker’s Hospital Review compiled data for patients who come to the hospital with heart attack or chest pain symptoms and the average time for those patients to be transferred to another facility for acute coronary intervention.
If you or someone you know is experiencing symptoms of a heart attack, it is critical to call 911 and seek emergency medical care immediately.
Union Hospital Clinton is also designated as a Stroke Ready Center by the Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program (HFAP), an independent group recognized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. This designation makes Union Hospital Clinton one of only seven hospitals in Indiana to receive this distinction.
Stroke is the 5th leading cause of death in Indiana but according to the National Institutes of Health, Vermillion County has the second-highest death rate from stroke out of all 92 counties in the state.
In 2022, Union Hospital Clinton received the Community Impact Award from the Indiana Department of Health and State Office of Rural Health.
Each year, the state agencies recognize Indiana’s critical access hospitals and their staff members in various categories of excellence. The Community Impact Award is given to a critical access hospital that has made a major impact on its community on any healthcare-related measure. Despite the challenges the pandemic created for the health care system, the development and implementation of Heart Scans played a key role in the Community Impact distinction, along with being a Stroke Ready and Chest Pain Center designated facility.
Union Hospital Clinton is just one of 35 hospitals across the Hoosier state designated as a Critical Access Hospital.