Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) commitment to giving patients the highest-quality care for heart failure, stroke, diabetes and more is earning national recognition.
The American Heart Association recently presented the system’s Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) hospitals with 21 awards through the national Get With The Guidelines program. The program honors excellence in quality improvement, which leads to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer readmissions to the hospital.
“NGHS is committed to continuously improving how we deliver high-quality care for heart attacks and strokes across every department,” said Vik Reddy, MD, chief clinical officer for NGHS. “The Get With The Guidelines program makes it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to use every day, which helps us ensure we can provide the best possible outcomes for the people who depend on us.”
A standout amongst the awards is a new Commitment to Quality Award for NGMC Braselton. According to the AHA, this awarded recognizes “an elite group of hospitals” for high achievement across several different program measures. Only 158 sites in the nation met the criteria for the award this year. A total list of awards includes:
- Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement — Heart Failure (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement — Stroke (Barrow, Braselton, Gainesville and Habersham)
- Get With The Guidelines: Silver Plus Achievement — Stroke (Lumpkin)
- Get With The Guidelines: Silver Achievement — Resuscitation, Newly Born (Braselton)
- Get With The Guidelines: Bronze Achievement — Resuscitation, Adult (Braselton)
- Get With The Guidelines: Bronze Achievement — Resuscitation, Neonate/Infant (Gainesville)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus (Gainesville)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite (Barrow, Habersham)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll (Braselton)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Advanced Therapy (Gainesville)
- Target: Heart Failure Optimal (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Target: Survival — Adult (Gainesville)
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Commitment to Quality Award (Braselton)
The Get With The Guidelines quality achievement awards are earned by hospitals that demonstrate a commitment to treating patients according to the most up-to-date guidelines as outlined by the American Heart Association. The program aims to increase healthy days at home and reduce hospital readmissions.
About NGHS
Northeast Georgia Health System (NGHS) is a non-profit on a mission of improving the health of our community in all we do. Our team cares for more than 1 million people across the region through five hospitals and a variety of outpatient locations. Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) has campuses in Gainesville, Braselton, Winder, Dahlonega and Demorest – with a total of more than 1,000 beds and more than 1,500 medical staff members representing more than 60 specialties. Learn more at www.nghs.com.