24/7 ER
Time can seem to stand still when you or a loved one needs immediate medical attention. In the St. Joseph Hospital Emergency Department, we work to get you in to our facility and get answers and appropriate medical treatment in the shortest possible time.
No matter what circumstances bring you to our Emergency Department, you and your family will be treated with care and compassion. We will talk with you about your care, answer your questions, and provide the most appropriate care as swiftly as possible.
St. Joseph Hospital is and accredited Chest Pain Center from the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC). The SCPC accreditation process establishes standards designed to improve the consistency and quality of care provided to patients. Facilities must meet or exceed quality of care measures in acute cardiac medicine. For more information go to www.scpcp.org.
Accreditation Track: This track is used by facilities that are committed to providing quality cardiac care to patients and currently have the resources available to do so. To earn accreditation status, facilities must meet or exceed a wide set of stringent criteria and then allow an on-site evaluation by a review team from the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
The eight areas in which a facility must demonstrate expertise include:
- Ability to integrate effectively with the local Emergency Medical System
- Ability to assess, diagnose and treat patients quickly
- Effectively handle patients with low risk for acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and no assignable cause for their symptoms
- Functional facility design
- Personnel competencies and training
- Organizational structure and commitment
- Process improvement orientation
- Community outreach