About the Society of Chest Pain Centers

The Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) is an international not-for-profit organization committed to leading the fight to eliminate heart disease as the number one cause of death worldwide. SCPC focuses on transforming cardiovascular care by assisting facilities in their effort to create communities of excellence that bring together quality, cost and patient satisfaction. As the only cross-specialty organization, SCPC provides the support needed for individual hospitals and hospital systems to effectively bridge existing gaps in treatment by providing the tools, education and support necessary to successfully navigate the changing face of healthcare.

SCPC is leading the way to assist hospitals and hospital systems break down the barriers that impede a successful continuum of care, bridging all departments, improve and streamline their clinical care processes, adopt best practices, and implement new ideas to ensure the highest quality of care for patients suffering with cardiovascular related diseases. Through disease management and accrediting hospitals, SCPC is "Taking Science to the Bedside".

SCPC promotes early symptom recognition. It is understood that heart attack symptoms may appear days or even weeks before an actual cardiac event. Through the Society's "Early Heart Attack Care" (EHAC) initiative, both clinicians and patients alike are encouraged to recognize these early signs, in themselves and in others, and pursue treatment before an actual heart attack occurs. The EHAC initiative endeavors to provide pertinent education related to early symptom recognition and asks that everyone join in this initiative in order to save lives by committing to this cause.

In the era of healthcare transformation, the Society of Chest Pain Centers (SCPC) is taking the lead role in providing cardiac disease management process improvement solutions. Challenges facing hospitals today find it difficult adopting strategies to optimize CMS Value Based Purchasing payment methodology including Quality, Cost and Patient Satisfaction. As a cross-specialty organization, SCPC focuses on transforming cardiovascular care by assisting facilities in their effort to create communities of excellence that bring together quality, cost and patient satisfaction. SCPC provides the support needed for individual hospitals and hospital systems to effectively bridge existing gaps in treatment by providing the tools, education and support necessary to successfully navigate the changing face of healthcare.