Suburban Community Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Heart Failure Certification. The hospital underwent a rigorous onsite review on March 18, 2023. During the visit, The Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards, including disease-specific care and heart failure-specific requirements.

1. SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL EARNS THE
JOINT COMMISSION’S RECERTIFICATION FOR
HEART FAILURE
Suburban Community Hospital has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval®
for Heart Failure Certification.
The hospital underwent a rigorous onsite review on March 18, 2023. During the visit, The
Joint Commission reviewers evaluated compliance with related certification standards,
including disease-specific care and heart failure-specific requirements. The recertification,
awarded for two years, also recognizes Suburban Community Hospital’s heart failure
program for its collaborative relationship with its cardiologists and for using care models to
meet each patient’s needs.
“Suburban Community Hospital has thoroughly
demonstrated a high level of care for patients who are
being treated for heart failure,” said Patrick Phelan,
Executive Director of Hospital Business Development,
The Joint Commission. “We commend Suburban
Community Hospital for becoming a leader in heart
failure care, potentially providing a higher standard of service for cardiac patients in its
community.”
“This recertification reflects the commitment of Suburban Community Hospital’s team
members to providing advanced and compassionate care to our heart failure patients,”
said James Hazlet, Chief Nursing Officer of Suburban Community Hospital. “It also reflects
our commitment to the care for heart failure patients to obtain their individual optimum
quality of life.”
Criteria for The Joint Commission’s Advanced Certification for Heart Failure was developed
in collaboration with the American Heart Association.

2. If you are new to the area and need help finding a cardiologist or are unsure where to start,
Suburban Interventional Cardiology at Suburban Community Hospital can help! Call us at
610.290.4270 or visit www.suburbanhosp.org .
For more information about the certification process, visit The Joint Commission website.
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About Suburban Community Hospital: Suburban Community Hospital is a not-for-profit,
acute care hospital, and a member of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public
charity. For over 65 years, Suburban Community Hospital has been delivering quality
healthcare to Montgomery County and the surrounding region. Suburban Community
Hospital, originally named Riverview Hospital, opened in 1944. Chartered at 740 Sandy
Street in Norristown, PA, Riverview Osteopathic Hospital would provide medical and
surgical services to the sick, afflicted, and injured, and would educate persons in the care
and nursing. As part of Prime Healthcare Services, headquartered in Ontario, California,
Suburban Community Hospital is focused on becoming one of the leaders in technology.
Prime Healthcare is an award-winning hospital management company operating 45 acute
care hospitals in 14 states, including Roxborough Memorial Hospital in Philadelphia, Lower
Bucks Hospital in Bucks County, and Suburban Community Hospital in Montgomery
County.
About Prime Healthcare and Prime Healthcare Foundation: Prime Healthcare is an
award-winning health system operating 45 hospitals and more than 300 outpatient
locations in 14 states, providing over 2.6 million patient visits annually. It is one of the
nation’s leading health systems with nearly 50,000 employees and physicians dedicated to
providing the highest quality healthcare. Fourteen of the Prime Healthcare hospitals are
members of the Prime Healthcare Foundation, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit public charity.
Based in Ontario, California, Prime Healthcare is nationally recognized for award-winning
quality care and has been named a Top 10 and Top 15 Health System by IBM Watson
Health. Its hospitals have been named among the nation’s “100 Top Hospitals” 58 times and
have received more Patient Safety Excellence Awards from Healthgrades than any other
health system in the past six years. To learn more, please visit www.primehealthcare.com
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