UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center Earns National Recognition for Stroke Care
UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus Award quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Essentia Health–Fargo Honored by American Heart Association for Excellence in Care
Essentia Health-Fargo has received a 2025 Commitment to Quality Award from the American Heart Association (AHA), a new award recognizing hospitals that achieve high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines® program.
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Earns National Recognition in Stroke Care
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Silver Plus Award quality achievement awards for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Altru Earns National Recognition for Excellence in Providing High-Quality Stroke Care
Altru has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Regional West Receives National Recognition for Its Commitment to Providing High-Quality Stroke Care
Regional West has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines - Rural Stroke Gold and the Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes quality achievement awards for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability.
Mary Lanning Healthcare Earns Recognition for Stroke and Diabetes Care
Mary Lanning Healthcare recently received multiple achievement awards from the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association Get With The Guidelines® program.
Nemaha County Hospital Honored for Advancing Rural Stroke Care
People who live in rural communities live an average of three years fewer than their urban counterparts and have a 40% higher likelihood of developing heart disease and face a 30% increased risk for stroke mortality — a gap that has grown over the past two decades.[1],[2] Nemaha County Hospital is committed to changing that.
Jamestown Regional Medical Center Earns National Recognition for Excellence in Patient Care
Jamestown Regional Medical Center (JRMC) has been honored with three American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® awards, recognizing the medical center’s commitment to delivering high-quality, evidence-based care for coronary artery disease, Type 2 diabetes and stroke.
Columbus Community Hospital Earns National Recognition for Stroke Care
Columbus Community Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Award with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll — a national recognition highlighting the hospital’s ongoing commitment to delivering high-quality stroke care, particularly for patients with Type 2 diabetes.
Good Samaritan and St. Francis Receive National Recognition for Rapid Stroke Treatment
CHI Health Good Samaritan and CHI Health St. Francis, the region’s designated Primary Stroke Centers, have been awarded the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
Avera McKennan Honored for Excellence in Heart Failure Care
The American Heart Association has presented Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center with the Get With The Guidelines® – Heart Failure Silver Plus award, with Target: Heart Failure Optimal and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
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.
South Dakota Hospitals Recognized for Heart Disease and Stroke Care Improvements
3 hospitals in South 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.
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck Earns National Recognition for Excellence in Cardiovascular Care
Sanford Medical Center Bismarck has received four American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.