Henry Ford Allegiance Health is marking its 10th anniversary of bringing emergency angioplasty to the Jackson community. Prior to that, patients having a heart attack had to travel 30 to 45 minutes away for the procedure.
In February of 2008, when the health system brought open-heart surgery services to Jackson, surgeons also began performing planned (non-emergency) percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs)—a way of re-establishing blood flow down the coronary arteries that feed the heart. Now, the team completes approximately 600 of these planned procedures annually.
In total, Henry Ford Allegiance Health has performed more than 6,010 emergent and non-emergent PCIs over the past decade. Averaging a door-to-balloon time of 65 minutes, it has been consistently faster than the nationally recognized standards.
Earlier this month, Allegiance Health joined the Henry Ford Health System as Henry Ford Allegiance Health. A partnership celebration video can be viewed here.