American Heart Association Award Recognizes Crestwood Medical Center’s Commitment To Quality Stroke, Heart Failure and Afib Care
6/12/2019
HUNTSVILLE, AL, ― Crestwood Medical Center is proud to announce it has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award, and AFIB Gold Quality Achievement Award. These awards recognize the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke, heart failure, and AFIB patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award
Crestwood earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Get With The Guidelines®- Heart Failure Gold Quality Achievement Award
Crestwood earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper use of medications and aggressive risk-reduction therapies. Before discharge, patients should also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions.
Get With The Guidelines®- AFib Gold Quality Achievement Award
Crestwood earned the award for meeting specific quality achievement measures at a set level for a designated period. These measures include providing appropriate medications and aggressive risk reduction therapies to prevent stroke, stabilize the heart rate and rhythm and treat additional heart disease. Before discharge, patients should also receive education and counseling on managing their condition and plans on follow-up care.
“Crestwood is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Stroke, Heart Failure, and AFIB initiatives,” said Rhonda Buckley, Director of Emergency Management and Clinical Services. “The tools and resources provided help us track and measure our success in meeting evidenced-based clinical guidelines developed to improve patient outcomes.”
“We are pleased to recognize Crestwood for their commitment to stroke, heart failure, and atrial fibrillation care,” said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., national chairperson of the Quality Oversight Committee and Executive Vice Chair of Neurology, Director of Acute Stroke Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. “Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative can often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.”
For more information about stroke care at Crestwood and Crestwood Cardiovascular Services, please visit our heart care page or call (256) 429-4000.
About Get With The Guidelines®
Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with tools and resources to increase adherence to the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 6 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.
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