Iowa Methodist Earns AHA Stroke Gold Plus Award
UnityPoint Health – Iowa Methodist Medical Center has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award. The award recognizes hospitals that consistently follow evidence-based guidelines to decrease disability and improve quality of life for patients following a stroke.
UnityPoint Sioux City Hospitals Earn AHA Stroke Gold Plus Award
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s and UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s – Downtown have received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award. The award recognizes hospitals that consistently follow evidence-based guidelines to decrease disability and improve quality of life for patients following a stroke.
CHI Health Good Samaritan, St. Francis Earn Top AHA Stroke Awards
CHI Health Good Samaritan and CHI Health St. Francis have been awarded the highest accolade recognized for stroke care by the American Heart Association (AHA) and American Stroke Association. The region’s designated Primary Stroke Centers both received the prestigious Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus award, along with the Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and the Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. These achievements highlight the hospitals’ ongoing dedication to providing swift, high-quality stroke care that reduces stroke damage, speeds recovery and improves overall outcomes.
National Recognition Awarded to CHI Health Good Samaritan’s Stroke Care Program
CHI Health Good Samaritan was recently recertified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission. The Gold Seal of Approval® for Stroke, a national accreditation, recognizes the hospital’s commitment to providing safe and quality patient care by demonstrating continuous compliance to the highest world standards. Good Samaritan initially earned the certification in 2011 becoming the first Primary Stroke Center in the region.
Altru Awarded Primary Stroke Center Certification from The Joint Commission
Altru has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Primary Stroke Center Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards.
MLH Stroke Program Reaccredited
Mary Lanning Healthcare received reaccreditation recently by the Joint Commission as a Primary Stroke Center. The MLH Stroke Program has been accredited since 2011.
Good Samaritan’s Stroke Care Recognized Nationally
CHI Health Good Samaritan was recently recertified as a Primary Stroke Center by The Joint Commission.
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s Receives Primary Stroke Center Certification From DNV
UnityPoint Health – St. Luke’s announces that it has received certification from DNV as a Primary Stroke Center, affirming the hospital’s readiness to handle a full range of stroke-related medical problems.
Kearney Regional Medical Center Achieves Reaccreditation As Primary Stroke Center
Kearney Regional Medical Center has once again achieved Primary Stroke Center certification through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC).