NVMC receives Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award - Takeaways - MDSpire

NVMC receives Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

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  • SNVMC web team

  • July 31, 2019

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    Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center received the Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

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    The award recognizes the hospital's commitment to providing appropriate treatment for stroke patients based on research-based guidelines.

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    Specific quality measures include proper medication use and patient education on health management before discharge.

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    The hospital also earned the Target: Stroke Elite Plus award for reducing time to treatment with the clot-buster tPA.

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    Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death in the U.S., with nearly 795,000 individuals affected by new or recurrent strokes annually.

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NVMC receives Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

  • by SNVMC web team

  • July 31, 2019

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