Kokomo's Access To The Best Heart Care In Indiana. Period.
Cardiac diagnosis at St.Joseph Hospital includes stress testing, nuclear cardiology, holter monitoring, vascular testing, venous vascular imaging, cardiac catheterization and echocardiography. The laboratory is accredited for adult echo by the Intersocietal Commission for the accreditation of Echocardiography laboratories (ICAEL), and our echo sonographers are Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographers. In addition, our cardiac rehabilitation program is designed to help patients resume daily activities as soon as possible after discharge from the hospital.
The Joint Commission Certified Stroke Center of Excellence
St.Joseph Hospital earned the Gold Seal of Approval from The Joint Commission for Primary Stroke Centers in March 2007. It is the only hospital in Howard County to earn this distinction after the Joint Commission conducted an unannounced, on-site review in December 2006. The Joint Commission’s Primary Stroke Center Certification is based on the recommendations for primary stroke centers published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American Stroke Association’s statements/guidelines for stroke care. The Joint Commission launched the program – the nation’s first – in 2003.
Stroke Awareness
For more information on Kokomo's access to the best heart care in Indiana, please call (765) 456-5599.
St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana has been named number-one in Indiana for overall cardiac care for four years in a row (2006 – 2009) by HealthGrades, America’s leading healthcare ratings company. St.Vincent Heart Center is the only hospital in a ten-state region (Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Michigan, Iowa, and Minnesota) to receive a number one ranking for overall cardiac care four consecutive years. The study ranks St.Vincent Heart Center of Indiana among the top five percent of hospitals nationally for overall heart care, cardiology, and coronary interventions, and among the top ten percent nationally for cardiac surgery.
