Holy Name has been honored with five American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards, recognizing the hospital’s sustained dedication to evidence-based standards, improved patient outcomes, and streamlined emergency care.
The national accolades highlight Holy Name’s clinical expertise in managing complex cardiac and stroke events, reinforcing its standing as a leader in regional health care quality.
The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines program relies on rigorous, science-backed metrics to evaluate participating hospitals. Holy Name earned top honors across multiple critical care categories:
- Stroke Care Gold Plus: Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award recognizes timely, evidence-based interventions that minimize long-term disability and save lives.
- Rapid Stroke Response: Target: Stroke℠ Honor Roll Elite Award honors exceptional efficiency in minimizing treatment times for thrombolytic therapy upon arrival.
- Specialized Diabetes Care: Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll Award highlights superior management for hospitalized stroke patients managing Type 2 diabetes, who face elevated complication risks.
- Cardiac Arrest Survival: Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation GOLD Achievement Award acknowledges data-driven excellence in treating in-hospital cardiac arrest events.
- Resuscitation Standards: Target: CPR Achievement Award validates consistent adherence to up-to-date, research-backed resuscitation protocols.
With heart disease and stroke ranking as the nation’s No. 1 and No. 4 causes of death respectively, institutional adherence to structured medical guidelines plays a vital role in patient recovery and survival rates.
“Holy Name is devoted to providing high-quality care, and we recognize the critical role that treatment guidelines and streamlined processes play in delivering the best outcomes for the patients we serve,” Dr. Vasantha Kondamudi, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Holy Name said. “Receiving five Get With The Guidelines awards is validation of this commitment to excellence and our ability to provide fast, effective comprehensive care for cardiac and stroke emergencies.”
By leveraging the collective expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, Holy Name continues to refine its clinical pathways, ensuring that patients experiencing acute cardiovascular events receive rapid, high-standard treatment when every minute counts.
