The Pulmonary Hypertension Association’s Scientific Leadership Council, 28 global leaders in the field of pulmonary hypertension, have spearheaded the PHA-Accredited PH Care Centers (PHCC) initiative to establish a program for accreditation of centers with special expertise in pulmonary hypertension (PH), particularly pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), to raise the overall quality of care and outcomes in patients with this life-threatening disease.

Why Accreditation is Needed

Once considered rapidly fatal, PAH can now be treated with many medications, all developed in just the past two decades. Despite medical advances, the median time from onset of symptoms to PAH diagnosis is still 1.1 years, and many patients will see three or more different physicians over this period before they are properly diagnosed. Since early 2011, PHA’s Scientific Leadership Council has developed the PHCC initiative to assure outstanding care in pulmonary hypertension.

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LEARN MORE ABOUT PHAR

Accredited PHCCs have the opportunity to enroll PH patients into the Pulmonary Hypertension Association Registry (PHAR). A patient registry is an organized system that collects data to evaluate certain outcomes for a population of people with a medical condition (like PH) and is a useful tool for learning more about rare diseases.