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Society of Chest Pain Centers’ Heart Failure Accreditation

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Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure

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The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) is an international nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting healthcare facilities improve the care of their cardiac patients. It was established in 1998 by a group of cardiologists and emergency medicine physicians whose goals were to breakdown the silos in the care of the acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patient and to reduce cardiovascular mortality. The SCPC has two primary strategies to accomplish these goals—education and accreditation.

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  1. Society of Chest Pain Centers, Dublin, OH, USA

    Kay Styer Holmes RN, BSA, MSA & Arlene Mavko BS, MA

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    W. Frank Peacock

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Holmes, K.S., Mavko, A. (2012). Society of Chest Pain Centers’ Heart Failure Accreditation. In: Peacock, W. (eds) Short Stay Management of Acute Heart Failure. Contemporary Cardiology. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-61779-627-2_1

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