St. Tammany Health System has been recognized by the American Heart Association with a 2022 Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus achievement award.
In addition, the health system was placed on AHA’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll. Both awards are for 2022 and recognize achievements based on data from the prior calendar year.
“We are incredibly pleased to recognize St. Tammany Health System for its commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” said Steven Messe, MD, chairman of the Stroke System of Care Advisory Group. “Participation in Get With The Guidelines is associated with improved patient outcomes, fewer readmissions, and lower mortality rates – a win for health care systems, families and communities.”
Each year, program participants qualify for the award by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients.
In addition to Get With the Guidelines achievement award, the Stroke Honor Roll designation recognizes St. Tammany Health System’s meeting of specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster alteplase.