Hendrick Medical Center(Abilene, Texas) earns gold for heart and stroke care

Big fucking whoopee.

 

 But you tell us NOTHING ABOUT RESULTS. They remind us they 'care' about us multiple times but never tell us how many 100% recovered.  You have to ask yourself why they are hiding their incompetency by not disclosing recovery results. ARE THEY THAT FUCKING BAD?

Three measurements will tell me if the stroke hospital is possibly not completely incompetent; DO YOU MEASURE ANYTHING?  I would start cleaning the hospital by firing the board of directors, you can't let incompetency continue for years at a time.

There is no quality here if you don't measure the right things.

1. tPA full recovery? Better than 12%?
2. 30 day deaths? Better than competitors?

3. rehab full recovery? Better than 10%?

 

You'll want to know results so call that hospital president(Whoever that is) RESULTS are; tPA efficacy, 30 day deaths, 100% recovery. Because there is no point in going to that hospital if they are not willing to publish results.

 The latest invalid chest thumping here:

 

Hendrick Medical Center(Abilene, Texas) earns gold for heart and stroke care

Hendrick Medical Center recently received the Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award and Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for exhibiting safe, quality care for heart and stroke patients.

Heart Care

The American Heart Association (AHA) recognized Hendrick with the Mission: Lifeline® NSTEMI Gold Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the AHA for the treatment of patients who suffer heart attacks.

“Hendrick is proud to earn the NSTEMI Mission Lifeline Gold Award as recognition of our untiring efforts to provide quality and compassionate care to the community,” said Dr. Harvinder Arora, cardiologist and medical director for the AMI program at Hendrick Medical Center. “As heart disease remains a top reason for continued death and misery, we are blessed with a great cardiology team dedicated to caring for the community in the fight against heart disease. This award provides continued motivation for us to be better at what we do.”

Mission: Lifeline program’s goal is to reduce system barriers to prompt treatment for heart attacks, beginning with the 9-1-1 call, to EMS transport and continuing through hospital treatment and discharge. The initiative provides tools, training and other resources to support heart attack care following protocols from the most recent evidence-based treatment guidelines.

Hendrick met specific criteria and standards of performance for the quick and appropriate treatment of NSTEMI heart attack patients by providing emergency procedures to re-establish blood flow to blocked arteries when needed.

“We commend Hendrick Medical Center for this award in recognition for following evidence-based guidelines for timely heart attack treatment,” said Dr. Tim Henry, chair of the Mission: Lifeline Acute Coronary Syndrome Subcommittee. “We applaud the significant institutional commitment to their critical role in the system of care for quickly and appropriately treating heart attack patients.”

Stroke Care

Hendrick Medical Center also received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus with Honor Roll Elite Quality Achievement Award, as well as the Get With The Guidelines-Stroke, Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll Achievement Award.

These awards recognize the hospital’s commitment to ensure stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the latest scientific evidence.

“I’m grateful for all the hard work given by the entire Hendrick team,” said Dr. Stephen Lyon, emergency medicine physician and medical director for the stroke program at Hendrick Medical Center. “The treatment of strokes starts with EMS and ends with rehabilitation after discharge - and every step is important. We strive for perfection with every step, and only as a team are we successful.”