Area Hospitals Recognized for Quality Cardiac and Stroke Care
Posted on July 30, 2009 at 10:14 am
AUSTIN, Texas – Three Austin-area hospitals have been recognized for achievement in using evidence-based guidelines to provide the best possible care to patients through The American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM program.
The honored hospitals, Heart Hospital of Austin, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center and St. David’s Austin Medical Center, are among nearly 570 facilities (50 in Texas) featured in a July 28 advertisement in the “America’s Best Hospitals” issue of US News & World Report commemorating their receipt of a Get With The Guidelines Gold or Silver Performance Achievement Award. The awards are given for achievement in coronary artery disease, stroke and/or heart failure treatment.
Hospitals are recognized in each category in which they achieve at least 85 percent compliance to Get With The Guidelines measures. Those hospitals marking 85 percent compliance for 24 consecutive months are given the Gold Performance Achievement Award, with the Silver Performance Achievement award going to those with 85 percent compliance for 12 consecutive months.
Get With The Guidelines is a hospital-based quality-improvement program designed to ensure that hospitals consistently care for cardiac and stroke patients following the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations. The program addresses coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Currently more than 1,450 hospitals participate in the program.
“The American Heart Association is pleased to recognize its top Get With The Guidelines participants,” said. Lee Schwamm, M.D., national chairman, of the Get With The Guidelines steering committee, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chairman of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Healthcare providers who use Get With The Guidelines are armed with the latest evidence-based guidelines and immediate access to clinical decision support. The goal of this initiative is to ultimately improve the quality of life and help reduce deaths among heart and stroke patients.”
“We salute the local hospitals chosen by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to appear in the ‘America’s Best Hospitals’ issue of US News & World Report,” said Phil Slinkard, Board Chairman for the American Heart Association’s Capital Area Division.
The honored hospitals, Heart Hospital of Austin, St. David’s Round Rock Medical Center and St. David’s Austin Medical Center, are among nearly 570 facilities (50 in Texas) featured in a July 28 advertisement in the “America’s Best Hospitals” issue of US News & World Report commemorating their receipt of a Get With The Guidelines Gold or Silver Performance Achievement Award. The awards are given for achievement in coronary artery disease, stroke and/or heart failure treatment.
Hospitals are recognized in each category in which they achieve at least 85 percent compliance to Get With The Guidelines measures. Those hospitals marking 85 percent compliance for 24 consecutive months are given the Gold Performance Achievement Award, with the Silver Performance Achievement award going to those with 85 percent compliance for 12 consecutive months.
Get With The Guidelines is a hospital-based quality-improvement program designed to ensure that hospitals consistently care for cardiac and stroke patients following the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations. The program addresses coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke. Currently more than 1,450 hospitals participate in the program.
“The American Heart Association is pleased to recognize its top Get With The Guidelines participants,” said. Lee Schwamm, M.D., national chairman, of the Get With The Guidelines steering committee, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School and Vice Chairman of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. “Healthcare providers who use Get With The Guidelines are armed with the latest evidence-based guidelines and immediate access to clinical decision support. The goal of this initiative is to ultimately improve the quality of life and help reduce deaths among heart and stroke patients.”
“We salute the local hospitals chosen by the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to appear in the ‘America’s Best Hospitals’ issue of US News & World Report,” said Phil Slinkard, Board Chairman for the American Heart Association’s Capital Area Division.
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