UTICA — The Wynn Hospital, part of Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Gold Plus Award for the 14th straight year, MVHS announced. The award recognizes Wynn’s performance in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment, according to nationally recognized guidelines based […]
UTICA — The Wynn Hospital, part of Mohawk Valley Health System (MVHS), received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Award for the 14th straight year, MVHS announced. The award recognizes Wynn’s performance in ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment, according to nationally recognized guidelines based on the latest scientific research and evidence. The hospital earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period, including evaluation of the proper use of medications and other stroke treatments, offering care-transition interventions, and meeting specific scientific guidelines as a Comprehensive Stroke Center. “The Wynn Hospital is committed to improving patient care by adhering to the latest treatment guidelines,” MVHS Stroke Program Clinical Coordinator Melissa Kelly said in a news release. “Get With The Guidelines makes it easier for our teams to put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis, which studies show can help patients recover better. The end goal is to ensure more people in the Mohawk Valley can experience longer, healthier lives.” In addition to the Gold Plus Award for stroke, MVHS also received the American Heart Association’s Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards. To qualify for the Target: Stroke honor, hospitals must meet specific criteria that reduce the time between an eligible patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with thrombolytic therapy. The Target: Type 2 Diabetes honor aims to ensure patients with Type 2 diabetes, who might be at higher risk for complications, receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized due to stroke. According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke is the fifth-leading cause of death and a major cause of serious disability for adults in the U.S. On average, someone in this nation suffers a stroke every 40 seconds and nearly 795,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. Early stroke detection and treatment are key to improving survival, minimizing disability, and speeding recovery times. Get With The Guidelines is a hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with tools and resources to increase adherence to the latest research-based guidelines.