These are NOT result awards so
they don't tell you anything about how good the program is. Call that
hospital president(Kurt Stuenkel) and demand to know what the RESULTS are; 30 day deaths, 100% recovery.
There is absolutely nothing in here that tells me that the RESULTS are better in this hospital than other hospitals. I don't give a crap about how well you do processes.
Big f*cking whoopee.
Guidelines here: You can see how this is nothing to be impressed about. This is all indirect action, not results.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/HealthcareResearch/GetWithTheGuidelinesHFStrokeResus/GetWithTheGuidelinesStrokeHomePage/Get-With-The-Guidelines-Stroke-Overview_UCM_308021_Article.jsp
But the puffery article here;
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/rome/business/floyd-medical-center-receives-award-from-american-heart-association-american/article_b12cf68e-fe58-11e4-b29c-9ba239b88fbc.html
Floyd Medical
Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality
Achievement Award with Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll. The award recognizes
the hospital’s commitment and success ensuring that stroke patients
receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally
recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific
evidence.
To receive the Gold
Plus Quality Achievement Award, hospitals must adhere to Get With The
Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for two or more consecutive
12-month periods and comply with Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality
measures.
“With a stroke, every second is critical, and
this award demonstrates our commitment to ensuring patients receive
excellent care as quickly and efficiently as possible,” said Dr. Joseph
Biuso, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Floyd. “Our
award-winning stroke team is dedicated to improving the quality of care
patients receive and these guidelines help us achieve that goal.”
The Get With The Guidelines® program establishes
quality measures that are designed to help hospital teams provide the
most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding
recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. (Nothing on Results)
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