Heart Care at UnityPoint Health - Des Moines
Exceptional Interventional Care
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines provides exceptional interventional care for patients, which can often prevent the need for open-heart surgery.
Exceptional Heart Attack Care
UnityPoint Health - Des Moines achieves the guideline of treatment in 90 minutes or less, as recommended by the American Heart Association, nearly 100% of the time.
Door-to-balloon time is the time that elapses between a heart attack patient being admitted to the hospital and getting into one of our cath labs for treatment of the blocked vessel(s), usually with a stent or balloon. Our door-to-balloon times are among the fastest in the state, improving a patient's chance of surviving a heart attack.
Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care®
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa has named Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Iowa Methodist Medical Center Blue Distinction Centers for Cardiac Care. Blue Distinction is a nationwide program that evaluates hospitals and healthcare providers on important standards of quality, collaborative care and affordability. Blue Distinction Centers® offer the medical consumer the very best practices and standards of care in several important medical areas.
Designation as Blue Distinction Centers® means these facilities' overall experience and aggregate data met objective criteria established in collaboration with expert clinicians' and leading professional organizations' recommendations. Individual outcomes may vary. To find out which services are covered under your policy at any facilities, please call your local Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield Plan.
UnitedHealth Premium Cardiac Surgery Specialty Centers
Both Iowa Lutheran Hospital and Iowa Methodist Medical Center have been designated as Premium Cardiac Surgery Centers by UnitedHealthcare, an information program designed to help consumers make more informed choices in selecting high-quality cardiac facilities that are more cost effective in the delivery of medical care. To be considered for this designation, facilities must complete a survey and submit detailed outcomes data through the American College of Cardiology (ACC) or the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS).
Both hospitals are also highly rated by UnitedHealthcare for cardiac rhythm management and overall cardiac care.
Our Accreditations