About Us

Accreditation/Recognition

Heart Hospital of New Mexico is the leader in heart care in the state.

In the latest Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) survey released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:

• More patients rate us as satisfied or highly satisfied with their experience.
• More patients say they would recommend us to others for heart care, than any other health care provider in New Mexico.

It's your choice.

• If you are having a heart attack, tell the EMS to take you to Heart Hospital of New Mexico.
• We have the fastest "door-to-balloon" time (a common time measurement in heart care) in the state.
• We are ranked in the 95th percentile nationally for fastest door-to-balloon time.
• Our experienced physician specialists perform more heart surgeries and more heart-related procedures than any other health care facility in New Mexico.

While traveling through New Mexico, 27-year-old Candace Linehan felt excruciating chest pain and was taken to Heart Hospital of New Mexico, where Paul Levy, MD, a cardiothoracic surgeon with New Mexico Heart Institute, performed emergency heart surgery. Today, she's back home, healthy and grateful. "I had excellent care from everyone – surgeons, nurses, technicians, even housekeeping," she says.

Accreditation:

• Best Places to Work – 2006
• BCBS Blue Distinction – 2007
• Chest Pain Accreditation – 2008

Recognition as New Mexico’s best choice for heart care.

• Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Mexico has designated us as a Blue Distinction Center for Cardiac Care.
• We are an accredited Chest Pain Center (CPC) by the Society of Chest Pain Centers. This recognition is all in the effort to provide the best care possible for patients.

Please click here to learn more about these recognitions.