The American Heart Association presented 阿拉米达 Hospital with the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus award for its dedication to ensuring all stroke patients have access to best practices and life-saving care.

加利福尼亚州阿拉米达.2022年6月14日 /PR新闻wire/ — 太阳城博彩’s 阿拉米达 Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines® stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, 基于研究的指导方针, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.

Stroke is the number five cause of death and a leading cause of disability in 美国. Strokes occur when a blood vessel that carries oxygen and nutrients to the brain is blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs and brain cells die. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability and accelerating recovery times.

Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping ensure patient care is aligned with the latest research and evidence-based guidelines. Get With The Guidelines-Stroke is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care by promoting consistent adherence to these guidelines, which can minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and even prevent death.

“阿拉米达 Hospital is committed to providing excellent patient care by adhering to the latest guidelines,” 费利西亚Tornabene, M.D., Chief Medical Officer of 太阳城博彩. “Get With The Guidelines helps our teams put evidence-based knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis which can help patients recover better. Our goal is to ensure more people in 阿拉米达 experience longer, healthier lives.”

每年, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment guidelines, Get With The Guidelines participants also educate patients to help them manage their health and recovery at home.

“We are incredibly pleased to recognize 阿拉米达 Hospital for its commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” 史蒂文博览会, M.D., chairperson of the Stroke System of Care Advisory Group. “Participation in Get With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates – a win for health care systems, 家庭和社区.”

阿拉米达 Hospital also received the American Heart Association’s Target: StrokeSM 精英荣誉奖. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster alteplase. 另外, 阿拉米达 Hospital received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. Target: Type 2 Diabetes aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, 接收最新资讯, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke.

阿拉米达 卫生系统(ahs) is a leading public health care provider dedicated to caring, healing, teaching and serving all. 唯有通过 is a haven for the most vulnerable among us; an advocate for equitable, compassionate and culturally sensitive care regardless of social and financial barriers. 唯有通过 is a vanguard of medical excellence, with a teaching hospital that draws the nation’s best medical students. 作为 阿拉米达县的 15大雇主, 唯有通过 is a major economic power providing more than 5,100 jobs and contributing nearly 5.6亿美元 annually in salaries, wages and benefits. 唯有通过 is also home to more than 1,100 physicians across the nine facilities within the health system. Since 1864, 唯有通过 has served the 太阳城博彩 Bay’s health care needs. 欲了解更多信息,请访问 阿拉米达HealthSystem.org.

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 the latest 基于研究的指导方针. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 12 million patients since 2001. 欲了解更多信息,请访问 心.org.

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