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Published on July 31, 2024

Cone Health is Nationally Recognized for Providing High-Quality Stroke Care

The awards from the American Heart Association are for proven dedication to best practices and life-saving care for people having stokes.

 

Greensboro – Alamance Regional Medical Center in Burlington, Annie Penn Hospital in Reidsville and The Moses H. Cone Memorial Hospital in Greensboro have received a combined 7 American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards. The honors are for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of stroke. Doing so ultimately leads to more lives saved, shorter recoveries and fewer return trips to the hospital. 

Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of disability in the U.S. A stroke occurs when a blood vessel carrying oxygen and nutrients to the brain is either blocked by a clot or bursts. When that happens, part of the brain cannot get the blood and oxygen it needs, so brain cells die. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability and accelerating recovery times.  Gold Stroke Award

Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals nationwide. This helps ensure patient care is aligned with the latest research and guidelines. Get With The Guidelines - Stroke is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care by promoting consistent adherence to these guidelines, which can minimize the long-term effects of a stroke and even prevent death.

“Cone Health is committed to improving patient care by adhering to the latest treatment guidelines,” says Robert Hickling, executive director, Cone Health Stroke Center. “Get With The Guidelines makes it easier for our teams to this proven information to work on a daily basis, which studies show can help patients recover better. The end goal is to ensure more people in Greensboro, Reidsville, and Burlington experience longer, healthier lives.” 

This year, Cone Health received these achievement awards: 

  • Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus
    • Alamance Regional
    • Annie Penn Hospital
    • Moses Cone Hospital
  • Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
    • Alamance Regional
    • Moses Cone Hospital
  • Target: Stroke Elite Honor Roll
    • Annie Penn Hospital
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    • Alamance Regional
    • Annie Penn Hospital
    • Moses Cone Hospital
  • Stroke Advanced Therapy Honor Roll
    • Moses Cone Hospital
  • Get With The Guidelines®-Rural Stroke Silver
    • Annie Penn Hospital
  • Get With The Guidelines®-Rural Stroke Bronze
    • Annie Penn Hospital

“We are incredibly pleased to recognize Alamance Regional Medical Center, Annie Penn Hospital and Moses Cone Hospital, for their commitment to caring for patients with stroke,” said Dr. Steven Messe, volunteer chairperson of the American Heart Association Stroke System of Care Advisory Group and professor of neurology and director of fellowships of neurology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. “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.”

Moses Cone Hospital also met specific scientific guidelines as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, Alamance Regional as a Primary Stroke Center, and Annie Penn Hospital as an Acute Stroke Ready Hospital. They feature comprehensive systems for rapid diagnosis and treatment of people having strokes once they arrive at the emergency department.