For the third year in a row, PinnacleHealth is the proud receiver of Get With The GuidelinesSM–Heart Failure (GWTG–Heart Failure) Gold Performance Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. This award recognized that PinnacleHealth treated heart failure patients with an 85% compliance for at least 24 months.
PinnacleHealth has made a commitment to quality care and saving lives. They continue to offer a full range of preventive, diagnostic and specialized treatment services for
heart, vascular and lung care by integrating three practices: Associated Cardiologists, Moffitt Heart and Vascular Group and the PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery.
“We offer services in all aspects of vascular medicine, dealing with the full spectrum of arterial and venous diseases and vascular emergencies,” says William Bachinsky, MD, interventional cardiologist with Moffitt Heart and Vascular Group, PinnacleHealth Cardiovascular Institute and medical director of the PinnacleHealth Cardiac Catheterization Lab. “Our full-service, integrated vascular program allows patients to work with physicians who specialize in the type of vascular disease specific to their cases."
Associated Cardiology joined with PinnacleHealth and has brought the same level of expertise to the hospital's Cardiovascular Institute offering patients high quality evaluation and treatment of disorders of heart and blood vessels.
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Moffitt Heart and Vascular Group, cardiologists are amongst the most valued and specialize in prevention, diagnosis and advanced treatment. Diagnostic care includes a variety of advanced screening procedures that include: ultrasound, flow studies, magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), treadmill exercise tests and duplex ultrasounds.
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons received the three-star highest quality designation for heart by pass surgery outcomes and offers an expertise in full range of related surgery and procedures. PinnacleHealth's surgical team offers minimally invasive procedures in the state-of-the-art da Vinci Surgical System.
PinnacleHealth has been a hub for vascular services for more than 50 years and as vascular disease continues to affect millions of Americans, they is dedicated to meeting the community's health needs by providing the highest quality of services.
About PinnacleHealth:
PinnacleHealth System is a charitable organization dedicated to maintaining and improving the health and quality of life for all the people of central Pennsylvania and throughout the entire world. Voted as one of the “Best Places to Work” by employees as well as “Simply the Best Hospital” by Harrisburg Magazine readers for six consecutive years, PinnacleHealth remains as committed to its workforce as they are to the community. You can find information about PinnacleHealth by calling the contact center, at (717) 231-8900 or visiting www.pinnaclehealth.org.
