Mercy Health – Cincinnati, which provides advanced, compassionate, quality care in your neighborhood through its care network, announces that Fairfield Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award.
“Fairfield Hospital is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients,” said Tom Urban, Mercy Health North Market President and CEO. “Last year, we received Primary Stroke Center accreditation from the Joint Commission. We have implemented the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines - Stroke program to help us track and measure our success in meeting evidenced-based clinical guidelines developed to improve patient outcomes. Our award demonstrates that our team is meeting those guidelines and providing our patients with top quality care.”
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.
Fairfield 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.
“We are pleased to recognize Fairfield Hospital for its commitment to stroke care,” said Eric E. Smith, MD, national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and an associate professor of neurology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. “Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative can often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.”
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.
Mercy Health – Anderson, Fairfield and West Hospitals and The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health are Primary Stroke Accredited by the Joint Commission.
“Fairfield Hospital is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke patients,” said Tom Urban, Mercy Health North Market President and CEO. “Last year, we received Primary Stroke Center accreditation from the Joint Commission. We have implemented the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines - Stroke program to help us track and measure our success in meeting evidenced-based clinical guidelines developed to improve patient outcomes. Our award demonstrates that our team is meeting those guidelines and providing our patients with top quality care.”
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.
Fairfield 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.
“We are pleased to recognize Fairfield Hospital for its commitment to stroke care,” said Eric E. Smith, MD, national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines Steering Committee and an associate professor of neurology at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. “Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the Get With The Guidelines quality improvement initiative can often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.”
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.
Mercy Health – Anderson, Fairfield and West Hospitals and The Jewish Hospital – Mercy Health are Primary Stroke Accredited by the Joint Commission.