Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern, MidHudson Regional Hospital Poughkeepsie and HealthAlliance Hospital in Kingston, all members of Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth), have earned the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association”™s Get with the Guidelines ”” Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes each hospital for its commitment to and success in ensuring stroke patients receive excellent care based on the latest evidence-based scientific guidelines.
Additionally, WMCHealth received the American Heart Association”™s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite award. To qualify for this recognition, Westchester Medical Center and HealthAlliance Hospital met the American Heart Association”™s quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient”™s arrival at the hospital and treatment with tissue plasminogen activator or r-tPA, which the American Heart Association considers “the gold standard” for treating ischemic strokes, which are caused by blood clots.
HealthAlliance Hospital also received Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll recognition for meeting quality measures outlined in the “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score” outlined by the American Heart Association.
Earlier this year, Westchester Medical Center was certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, a designation that represents the most advanced stroke treatment available in a given geographic area. Westchester Medical Center is the only Hudson Valley hospital certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center and its stroke care teams work in concert with all WMCHealth hospitals.
WMCHealth is a resource for stroke education and prevention and has a long-term Academic Affiliation Agreement with New York Medical College.
