UNC Health Nash earns national awards for heart and stroke care

 

This is the whole problem in stroke enumerated in one word; 'care'; NOT RECOVERY!

If your hospital is touting 'care' it means they are a failure because they are delivering 'care'; NOT RECOVERY! I would never go to a failed hospital! Anytime I see the word 'care' associated with a stroke hospital; I immediately think fucking failure!

YOU have to get involved and change this failure mindset of 'care' to 100% RECOVERY! Survivors want RECOVERY, NOT 'CARE'!

I see nothing here that states going for 100% recovery! You need to create EXACT PROTOCOLS FOR THAT!

ASK SURVIVORS WHAT THEY WANT, THEY'LL NEVER RESPOND 'CARE'! This tyranny of low expectations has to be completely rooted out of any stroke conversation! I wouldn't go there because of such incompetency as not having 100% recovery protocols!

RECOVERY IS THE ONLY GOAL IN STROKE! 

UNC Health Nash recently received recognition from the American Heart Association, the American Stroke Association and the American College of Cardiology with awards for industry-leading performance in heart and stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!). Additionally, U.S. News & World Report named the Rocky Mount hospital a high performing hospital for heart failure for another year, and for the first time, recognized the hospital as high performing for stroke in its 2025–26 Best Hospitals report.“(Impossible to be high performing in stroke if you don't tell us your 100% recovery statistics!  SURVIVORS WANT RECOVERY; NOT 'CARE' and you fail to understand that! I call that fucking incompetence!)This makes nine consecutive years that UNC Health Nash has been recognized as a national leader in heart and stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!),” said Dr. L. Lee Isley, president and CEO of UNC Health Nash. “This elite status, evidenced by our continued and new national recognitions, reflects the expertise, quality and consistency our team brings to every patient, every time. Achieving high performing status for stroke with U.S. News & World Report for the first time is a meaningful milestone — and a testament to our unwavering commitment to delivering the highest standard of care(NOT RECOVERY!), right here at home. UNC Health Nash’s awards include the American Heart Association’s “Get With The Guidelines — Coronary Artery Disease” for both Gold STEMI Receiving and Gold NSTEMI, as well as “Get With The Guidelines” Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, which includes additional recognition of Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite. All three awards include the added recognition of Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. To qualify for Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, UNC Health Nash had to meet specific quality measures for 12 consecutive months based on the overall diabetes cardiovascular initiative composite score developed by the American Stroke Association, which demonstrates that hospitals are equipped to provide high-quality care(NOT RECOVERY!) for this patient population. The Nash Heart Center also received the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR Chest Pain — MI Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for another year and is one of only 323 hospitals nationwide to receive the honor. Additionally, UNC Nash was reaccredited as an American College of Cardiology Accredited Primary PCI Chest Pain Center, remains accredited as an Intersocietal Accreditation Commission Accredited Facility for Echocardiography and AHA/ASA Primary Stroke Center and continues to receive National Quality Approval from The Joint Commission for stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!). To earn these awards, UNC Health Nash had to meet rigorous criteria and performance standards that aim to increase the quality and timeliness of care(NOT RECOVERY!) for heart attack and stroke patients. “To continue to receive the highest awards in heart and stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!) since the Primary PCI Program began nine years ago, as well as add a new designation from U.S. News and World Report, reflects the hard work and dedication our team continues to provide our patients and community,” said Dr. Michael Yeung, medical director of Nash Heart Center. “In our efforts to better serve our greater community, our heart care(NOT RECOVERY!) programs continue to grow. In the last nine years, we’ve worked hard to expand our services to include management of electrical rhythm abnormalities, valvular heart disease, peripheral heart disease and acute pulmonary embolism. We also continue to work on novel therapies to treat difficult-to-control hypertension. With the opening of our new, dedicated Electrophysiology Lab, we will soon have a Heart Center that offers comprehensive cardiac care(NOT RECOVERY!) to patients across our entire region.”
The awards recognize UNC Health Nash’s commitment to a high standard of care(NOT RECOVERY!) for stroke and heart attack patients and signifies the hospital treats these patients to standard levels of care(NOT RECOVERY!) as outlined by the American College of Cardiology, AHA and ASA clinical guidelines and recommendations. “These awards reflect the tireless dedication of our cardiovascular teams,” said Velvie Zabel, interim director of Cardiovascular Services at UNC Health Nash. “I am proud of the way our physicians, nurses and staff come together each day to deliver exceptional care(NOT RECOVERY!), and this recognition affirms the impact of their hard work for our patients and community.” To be rated as high performing in U.S. News’ “Best Hospitals” Heart Failure and Stroke reports, UNC Health Nash had to rank “significantly above” the national average in several qualifying categories, including patient outcomes, home recovery, patient experience and more. Out of 140 hospitals statewide, UNC Health Nash is one of only 24 hospitals recognized for Heart Failure and one of only 16 for Stroke. “With our mission to provide the highest level of care(NOT RECOVERY!) possible for our patients, I am proud of these prestigious awards that demonstrate Nash’s industry-leading heart and stroke care(NOT RECOVERY!),” said Debbie Beecham, UNC Health Nash stroke program coordinator. “Thank you to all of the providers, nurses and other team members who helped make these awards and recognitions a reality. Their efforts are why we are able to deliver exceptional care(NOT RECOVERY!) right here at home, all while strengthening the health and wellness of our community.”