title: Chest pain centers: surviving the accreditation process.
abstract: Here, follow a sample process for survey readiness that resulted in successful certification.
authors.affiliation: California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA.
authors.forename: Evelyn
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Taverna
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation; D002140:California; D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D018710:Pain Clinics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development; D014481:United States