{"id":243352,"date":"2026-07-14T19:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243352\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T19:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:39:08","slug":"regional-hospital-of-scranton-earns-heartcare-center-designation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/243352\/","title":{"rendered":"Regional Hospital of Scranton earns &#8220;HeartCARE Center&#8221; designation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Regional Hospital of Scranton is <a href=\"https:\/\/cvquality.acc.org\/accreditation\/heartcare-center-recognition-program\/participating-facilities\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">among just 100 hospitals nationwide<\/a> to receive the American College of Cardiology HeartCARE Center designation, its highest recognition for hospitals and health systems providing cardiovascular care, the local hospital recently announced.<\/p>\n<p>Established in 2018, the HeartCARE Center designation recognizes hospitals that \u201cdemonstrate an exceptional commitment to delivering high-quality, patient-centered cardiovascular care,\u201d officials said in a press release. Regional\u2019s inclusion on the list \u201creflects its ongoing dedication to advancing cardiovascular care through evidence-based practices, coordinated treatment and continuous performance improvement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The release also notes Regional \u201cremains dedicated to investing in innovative technologies, clinical excellence and community-focused care to meet the growing cardiovascular needs of Northeastern Pennsylvania.\u201d The hospital, its nearby Moses Taylor Hospital campus and Wilkes-Barre General Hospital <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes-tribune.com\/2026\/02\/02\/done-deal-tenor-completes-commonwealth-health-acquisition\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">were acquired by the nonprofit Tenor Health Foundation<\/a> earlier this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regional Hospital of Scranton is among just 100 hospitals nationwide to receive the American College of Cardiology HeartCARE&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1057,201,182,139,28,178,180,179],"class_list":["post-243352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-scranton","tag-health","tag-lackawanna-county","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-pennsylvania","tag-scranton","tag-scranton-headlines","tag-scranton-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=243352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/243352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=243352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=243352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=243352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}