Catholic Health Hospitals Receive Recognition for Excellence in Stroke Care

 

Catholic Health hospitals have once again received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines^®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their adherence to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines in thrombolytic treatments, ensuring stroke patients receive the highest level of care.

Catholic Health’s Good Samaritan University Hospital received the American Heart Association’s Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Advanced Therapy awards. Good Samaritan is home to the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island, the south shore’s longest-running comprehensive stroke program. It is also the first Comprehensive Stroke Center on Long Island recognized by both the Joint Commission and New York State Department of Health.

Additionally, Catholic Health’s Mercy Hospital earned the American Heart Association’s Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus award; St. Catherine of Siena Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital received the Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite achievement; and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center and St. Charles Hospital received the Stroke Gold Plus award.

To qualify for these distinctions, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between a patient’s arrival at the hospital and the administration of treatment to remove the clot causing the stroke.

“Catholic Health is dedicated to adhering to the latest treatment guidelines to ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care,” said Catholic Health Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Jason Golbin, DO. “Get With The Guidelines’ enables teams across our system to integrate the latest, rigorously researched practices into their care, helping to improve patient outcomes throughout Long Island.”

All six Catholic Health hospitals also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award. Target: Type 2 Diabetes aims to ensure Type 2 Diabetics, who are at higher risk for health complications, receive the most advanced and appropriate care when hospitalized due to stroke.

View the criteria for the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® - Stroke Quality Achievement Award.