Recent Scientific Studies Offer Insight Into Heart And Stroke Health
The American Heart Association summarizes new, key findings from its annual scientific meetings that could help people with cardiovascular disease.
Columbus Community Hospital Stroke Team Celebrates A Year Of Achievements
has a stroke. Columbus Community Hospital is committed to helping people who suffer a stroke achieve the best possible long-term outcomes.
Kearney Regional Medical Center Offers Cutting-Edge Cardiology Procedure, First Of Its Kind In The Area
September is National Atrial Fibrillation (AFib) Awareness Month. An estimated seven million Americans are estimated to be affected by AFib – an irregular heartbeat that can feel like a quivering heart.
Sanford Health Nationally Recognized For Its Commitment To Providing High-Quality Stroke Care
Sanford Health 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 best treatment.
Sanford Fargo Is Nationally Recognized For Its Commitment To Providing High-Quality Stroke Care
Sanford Medical Center Fargo has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus stroke 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.
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.
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.
Moorhead Man Credits Essentia Health With Saving His Life
An avid outdoorsman and longtime Moorhead resident, Michael “Mike” Green decided not to participate in the deer hunting season opener last November – the first time in 36 years.
Sanford Health Recognized At Global Expo For Cardiovascular Innovation
Sanford Health physicians will present at the Annual Scientific Session & Expo of American College of Cardiology March 4 - 6 in New Orleans. The sessions are known as the most prestigious and largest cardiology scientific meetings in the world.
MercyOne Helps Heart Rhythm Disorder Patients Live Their Best Life
Atrial fibrillation is the number one cause of stroke and the most common heart rhythm disorder seen within adults.
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.
The American Heart Association Launches Initiative To Improve The Full Care Journey To Post-Acute Stroke Patients
Across the U.S., approximately half of all stroke patients are discharged home or to hospice at home, with the remainder going to in-patient rehabilitation, skilled nursing facilities, and long-term care facilities.
Advanced Stroke Care at Monument Health
Stroke treatment at Monument Health has advanced rapidly in recent years. Last year, Monument Health Rapid City Hospital received the American Heart Association’s Silver Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Quality Achievement Award for 2020, a testament to their commitment to following national, research-based guidelines.
Seven Hospitals, Two EMS Agencies In North Dakota Recognized For Efforts To Improve Outcomes For Americans With Heart Disease and Stroke
Seven hospitals and two EMS agencies in North Dakota are among the 2,600 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.