Project Grant CE152072

COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING/CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED SPENDING - CONSTRUCTION - LGH SEEKS TO REPLACE ITS EXISTING OLDER IMAGING EQUIPMENT IN ITS CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION LABORATORY WITH NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART EQUIPMENT TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT HEART CONDITIONS SUCH AS CLOGGED ARTERIES OR IRREGULAR HEARTBEATS. DURING CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION CARDIOLOGISTS TEST THE HEART AND DELIVER TREATMENTS SUCH AS CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY AND CORONARY STENTING. WITH MORE THAN 70,000 EMERGENCY VISITS EACH YEAR, CARDIAC CARE IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF LAWRENCE GENERAL'S CARE DELIVERY. PATIENTS WHO PRESENT TO THE LGH EMERGENCY CENTER WITH A CARDIAC ISSUE OFTEN REQUIRE A CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, A PROCEDURE IN WHICH A THIN, FLEXIBLE TUBE (CATHETER) IS GUIDED THROUGH A BLOOD VESSEL TO THE HEART TO DIAGNOSE OR TREAT CERTAIN HEART CONDITIONS. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT LGH REPLACE THEIR CURRENT EQUIPMENT WITH NEW EQUIPMENT WHICH WILL BE IN SERVICE FOR THE NEXT DECADE, AND ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCESS TO DIAGNOSTIC AND EMERGENCY CARDIAC CARE FOR UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS. THE CARDIAC CATH LAB AT LGH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1992 AND HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A LEADER IN CARDIOVASCULAR CARE. THE LAB WAS RECOGNIZED AS A TOP FACILITY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR CARE IN THE 2022 EDITION OF U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT'S "BEST HOSPITALS" GUIDE. OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAB'S HISTORY, LGH HAS COMMITTED TO HIGH LEVELS OF PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND REPORTING, ALONG WITH ITERATIVE PROCESSES OF IMPROVEMENT. AS A RESULT, LGH'S CARDIAC CATH LAB IS AMONG THE MOST THOROUGHLY ACCREDITED AND RECOGNIZED HOSPITAL IN MA - - EVEN MORE THAN SIMILAR LABS IN BOSTON. THROUGH THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY, LGH'S LAB HOLDS CHEST PAIN, CATH LAB, AND HEART FAILURE ACCREDITATIONS (THE ONLY HOSPITAL IN MA WITH THIS ACCREDITATION). LGH IS ALSO ONE OF ONLY A FEW HOSPITALS RECOGNIZED WITH THE HEARTCARE CENTER NATIONAL DISTINCTION OF EXCELLENCE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT PATIENTS WHO RECEIVE CARE AT LGH'S CARDIAC CATH LAB HAVE ACCESS TO THE BEST DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING TECHNOLOGY AVAILAB LE. THE PROPOSED NEW TECHNOLOGY WILL INCREASE THE NUMBER AND TYPE OF PROCEDURES LGH CAN CARRY OUT, REDUCING PATIENT TIME ON THE TABLE, AND REDUCING RADIATION EXPOSURE TO PATIENTS AND CLINICIANS ALIKE. BY PROVIDING THE HIGHEST QUALITY IMAGING AND CARE, THIS EQUIPMENT WILL IMPROVE ACCURACY, SAFETY, AND PATIENT EXPERIENCE AND HEALTH OUTCOMES.