Northeast Georgia Health System’s (NGHS) commitment to the highest standards in treating heart disease and stroke is earning more national recognition.
The American Heart Association recently presented the system’s Northeast Georgia Medical Center (NGMC) hospitals with 27 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 hospital and care setting,” 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 create the best possible outcomes for the people who depend on us.”
Here is the total list of awards:
- Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement — Heart Failure (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement — Stroke (Barrow, Braselton,Gainesville, Lumpkin and Habersham)
- Get With The Guidelines: Silver Achievement — Rural Stroke (Habersham)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus — Advanced Therapy (Gainesville)
- Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite (Barrow, Habersham)
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll (Barrow, Braselton, Gainesville, Habersham)
- Get With The Guidelines: Silver Achievement — Resuscitation (Braselton)
- Get With The Guidelines: Silver Achievement — Resuscitation, Adult (Braselton)
- Get With The Guidelines: Bronze Achievement — Resuscitation, Newly Born (Gainesville)
- Get With The Guidelines: Bronze Achievement — Resuscitation, Neonate/Infant (Gainesville)
- Target: CPR — Adult (Braselton)
- Target: Survival — Pediatric (Gainesville)
- Get With The Guidelines: Bronze Achievement — Atrial Fibrillation (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Target: Ablation (Braselton, Gainesville)
- Commitment to Quality Award (Braselton, Gainesville)
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.