PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center has earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association 2018 Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center’s commitment and success in implementing a high standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment that meets nationally accepted, evidence-based standards and recommendations, improving outcomes and the quality of patient care. AHA/ASA representatives will present the award June 26, 2018 at PeaceHealth St. John.
“We’re really proud to be recognized for the care we provide our stroke patients,” said Katie Johnson RN, Stroke Program Coordinator at PeaceHealth St. John. “There are a lot of important steps that go into providing excellent stroke care. We must get our patients the right medication in a timely manner, and we also need to help people understand how to better manage their health, and work with them to create a follow-up plan that works for them.”
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
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, the program has touched the lives of more than 6 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.
PeaceHealth St. John Medical Center is a community-owned, not-for-profit, 193-bed acute care hospital and Level III trauma center located in Longview, Washington. Recognized nationally as a Top 100 Hospital, PeaceHealth St. John provides a full range of outpatient and inpatient diagnostic, medical, and surgical services. The region’s health care leader for more nearly 75 years, PeaceHealth St. John is one of 10 medical centers in the PeaceHealth System.