 On Wednesday, August 30th, Pikeville Medical Center received accreditation for their cardiovascular rehabilitation program. The accreditation comes from industry leader American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation. BMC prides itself on being able to provide care for those who have experienced a cardiovascular episode. The AACVPR sets standards of care through evidence-based qualifications to promote that recovery in patients after a cardiac event. Patients that qualify for cardiac rehab include patients that have had a cardiac event within one year, so a heart attack, heart failure, or open heart surgery. Things like that is what we manage in cardiac rehab. When my baby was born, it was magical. And as she grew, having a hospital close to home with advanced healthcare and specialized physicians being there along the journey was important. And along that journey, many special doctors touched our lives. And then one day, my baby became a woman and a mother herself. Pikeville Medical Center caring for every moment in life. The goal of PMC's rehabilitation program is to start small and view progress over time. Their success in treating patients efficiently is the reason for receiving accreditation. In cardiac rehab, the patients come in and we sit them at a low, we start them slow, and then we want to see their progression. So that's what we do here in cardiac rehab. So that's what some of the skills and the standards that they expect from us. They want to see those patients progress. They want to see them get to the level that they were before their cardiac event. The accreditation is important because that shows that we are at that standard. We hope that standard of care for those patients and that it shows our commitment to provide excellent care to those patients after those cardiac events and promote that recovery. Reporting from Mountaintop News, I'm Nick Colum.