Dignity Hospitals Receive American Heart Associate Recognition

From Dignity Health Hospitals: Dignity Health’s Bay Area hospitals—Sequoia Hospital in Redwood City, Dominican Hospital in Santa Cruz, and Saint Francis Memorial Hospital and St. Mary’s Medical Center in San Francisco—have received recognition from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® quality improvement program. The awards recognize each hospital’s commitment to providing the most appropriate diagnosis and treatment of stroke or heart failure according to nationally recognized, evidence-based guidelines.

· Sequoia Hospital received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

· Dominican Hospital earned the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation’s secondary prevention guidelines for patients with heart failure. Dominican also received the association’s Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll, an initiative designed to reduce the risk of heart failure patients ending up back in the hospital.

· Saint Francis Memorial Hospital received the Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and also qualified for recognition on the Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll.

· St. Mary's Medical Center earned the Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award and also qualified for recognition on the Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll.

“We are proud to be recognized for our efforts to improve patient outcomes by quickly and safely treating stroke patients and speeding recovery and reducing readmissions for heart failure patients,” said Todd Strumwasser, MD, senior vice president of operations for the San Francisco Bay Area. “This recognition further demonstrates our commitment to ensuring stroke and heart failure patients receive the highest-quality care based on internationally-respected clinical guidelines developed using the latest scientific research.”

All four Dignity Health Bay Area hospitals are certified by The Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center and are CARF-accredited (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities) in Adult Inpatient Stroke Specialty Rehabilitation.

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