Five South Dakota Hospitals Recognized for Advancing Cardiovascular and Stroke Care Quality
5 hospitals in South Dakota are among the 4,800 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke.
American Heart Association Honors Columbus Community Hospital
Columbus Community Hospital has been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) for its commitment to providing high-quality stroke and diabetic care.
Sanford Health Recognized Nationally for High-Quality Heart Failure Services
Sanford USD Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Heart Failure Gold quality achievement award for its commitment to improving outcomes for patients with heart failure, meaning reduced readmissions and more healthy days at home.
Improving Heart and Stroke Outcomes: 22 North Dakota Hospitals Recognized
22 hospitals in North Dakota are among the more than 3,000 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® and other programs to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke.
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital Recognized For High-Quality AFib Care
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - AFib GOLD quality achievement award for its commitment to managing atrial fibrillation (AFib), ultimately helping to reduce patients’ stroke risk.
Columbus Community Hospital Receives Awards For Stroke Care
One of the nation's top voluntary health organizations has recognized Columbus Community Hospital's commitment to providing the very best in stroke care.
American Heart Association & Get With The Guidelines® Collaborate To Improve Care For Rural Hospitals
People in rural communities live an average of three years fewer and have a 40% higher likelihood of developing heart disease (14.2%) compared with their counterparts in small metropolitan (11.2%) and urban (9.9%) areas, a gap that has grown over the past decade. 1 Rural communities face the added challenge of a critical shortage of health care professionals, including public health workers, leaving many people vulnerable to increased morbidity and mortality that could be prevented with appropriate identification and treatment.
Partnerships And Collaboration Are The Gold Standard For Solving Health Care Challenges Of Today And Tomorrow
Improving patient care for those living with cardiac diseases and stroke has been a long-standing priority for the American Heart Association and its hospital and health care partners. Together, we have envisioned a world where evidence-based quality initiatives and superior professional education go hand in hand to improve patient care.