American Heart Association Award recognizes Good Samaritan Hospital’s
commitment to quality stroke care
Los Angeles (May
2018) ―
Good Samaritan Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s
Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. The 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.
Good Samaritan Hospital 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.
Good Samaritan Hospital also received the association’s Target: Stroke
Elite Plus Honor Roll. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must
meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s
arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen
activator, ortPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat
ischemic stroke.
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 Good Samaritan Hospital
First opened in 1885, Good Samaritan Hospital is a 408-bed tertiary care
facility offering some of the most comprehensive care in Los Angeles.
Specializing in cardiac, orthopaedic, oncologic, ophthalmologic, and women’s
services, Good Samaritan Hospital offers various medical and surgical
programs in its centers of excellence: Heart & Vascular Center, Comprehensive
Orthopaedic Center, Comprehensive Stroke Center, Davajan-Cabal Center
for Perinatal Medicine, Pancreatico-Biliary, Tertiary Retinal Surgery,
and Transfusion-Free Medicine & Surgery Center. For more information visit www.goodsam.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 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.