JRMC earns national award for rapid heart attack care
JRMC’s new AHA award tracks how fast it moves heart-attack patients into the right care path, with ECG, transfer and treatment targets tied to 2025 data.
Jamestown Regional Medical Center earned a national American Heart Association award on July 14, 2026 that points directly to how quickly a patient with a serious heart attack can be assessed, treated and moved into the next step of care. The hospital received the Get With The Guidelines coronary artery disease STEMI Referring Center Silver Plus designation, a recognition that matters in Jamestown and across Stutsman County because a STEMI is a time-critical heart attack and every minute affects what happens next.
For a local hospital, the award is less about ceremony than about whether the right systems are in place when someone comes through the emergency department with chest pain. The American Heart Association bases its 2026 STEMI referring hospital criteria on 2025 data, and the standards include getting a 12-lead ECG within 10 minutes of arrival, giving fibrinolytic treatment within 30 minutes when that therapy is used, and keeping door-in-door-out time within 45 minutes. Silver Plus status also requires one consecutive calendar year of data and at least 25% achievement on the additional Plus measure.
That is the part that matters for families in Jamestown: the hospital is being measured on whether staff can identify a STEMI fast, start the right protocol, and transfer a patient without delay if advanced intervention is needed elsewhere. In rural care, where patients may need to travel far for procedures, a strong referring center is the first link in the chain. The AHA says its Mission: Lifeline STEMI recognition program has existed since 2010, and that Get With The Guidelines coronary artery disease supports hospitals of all sizes, including rural facilities.
The award also fits a broader pattern at JRMC. The hospital announced a Stroke Gold Plus award on July 14, 2023, and three American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines awards on July 28, 2025. JRMC also said in 2025 that it had served the community for 90 years, and it had previously described itself as a state-designated STEMI-referring center when it received an Acute Cardiac Ready Hospital designation. Taken together, those milestones show a local hospital working to keep heart-attack care standardized, current and ready when Stutsman County needs it most.
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