Sanford Health Awarded Grant to Enhance Heart Failure Diagnosis and Treatment
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Sanford Health Awarded Grant to Enhance Heart Failure Diagnosis and Treatment

Sanford Health has been selected as one of only three recipients of a highly competitive grant offered through a collaboration between Pfizer and the American College of Cardiology (ACC). This grant supports innovative quality improvement initiatives aimed at increasing identification and accurate diagnosis of heart failure patients with cardiac amyloidosis.

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American Heart Association & Get With The Guidelines® Collaborate To Improve Care For Rural Hospitals
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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.

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Partnerships And Collaboration Are The Gold Standard For Solving Health Care Challenges Of Today And Tomorrow
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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. 

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