Chest Pain Network
The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network is a division of Saint Thomas Health Services that coordinates with local emergency medical services (EMS) and hospitals to provide cardiac care services. The Chest Pain Network includes 15 hospitals in Tennessee and Kentucky, all accredited by the Society of Chest Pain Centers.
The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network is among the largest networks of chest pain centers in the nation. The Accredited Chest Pain Center Model is an operational process for the care of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients, beginning from the moment EMS is called and continuing through discharge.
The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network has extended the model to include different size facilities to provide treatment closest to the patient's home. This allows transfer into a specialized facility if additional care is required. In July 2008, the Chest Pain Network expanded into Southern Kentucky when Monroe County Hospital in Tompkinsville was added.
The Saint Thomas Chest Pain Network covers Tennessee and southern Kentucky. Members of the network include:
- Saint Thomas Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Baptist Hospital (Nashville, Tennessee)
- Middle Tennessee Medical Center (Murfreesboro, Tennessee)
- Hickman Community Hospital (Centerville, Tennessee)
- Livingston Regional Hospital (Livingston, Tennessee)
- Henry County Medical Center (Paris, Tennessee)
- Southern Tennessee Medical Center (Winchester, Tennessee)
- Cumberland Medical Center (Crossville, Tennessee)
- Crockett Hospital (Lawrenceburg, Tennessee)
- Hardin Medical Center (Savannah, Tennessee)
- Monroe County Medical Center (Tompkinsville, Kentucky)
- Lincoln Medical Center (Fayetteville, Tennessee)
- Decatur County General Hospital (Parsons, Tennessee)
- Harton Regional Medical Center (Tullahoma, Tennessee) - pending accreditation
- Jackson Purchase Medical Center (Mayfield, Kentucky) - pending accreditation
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