Upcoming EventsMontefiore Nyack Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. This award recognizes the Hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.
Montefiore Nyack Hospital earned the Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Achievement Award with Honor Roll Elite by reaching an aggressive goal of treating patients with 85 percent or higher compliance to core standard levels of care as outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® for two consecutive calendar years. In addition, Montefiore Nyack Hospital demonstrated 75 percent compliance to four out of seven stroke quality measures during a 12-month period.
“We are honored that Montefiore Nyack Hospital is recognized by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association® with this important award. It’s a testament to our health care providers and stroke team’s dedication to providing quality care and achieving better outcomes for our stroke patients,” said Mohini Gurme, MD, of Montefiore Nyack Hospital and Highland Medical P.C., Rockland Neurological Associates in West Nyack, NY.
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. For more information, visit montefiorenyack.org/stroke or highlandmedicalpc.com/specialties/rockland-neurological-associates.
About Get With The Guidelines®
Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® 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 9 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org/quality.
