CoxHealth Hospitals Receive 'Get With The Guidelines' Awards from American Heart Association
CoxHealth's Cox Medical Center Branson, Cox Medical Center South, Cox Monett Hospital, and Cox Barton County Hospital have been recognized with "Get With the Guidelines" awards by the American Heart Association (AHA) for their commitment to providing timely, evidence-based stroke care. This recognition highlights the collaboration across departments at these hospitals, which has made it possible to provide high-quality care to patients. Melissa Sleeth, CoxHealth's Stroke Center Manager, emphasizes that the stroke program is driven by a shared commitment to providing outstanding care to every stroke patient in the community.
Key Takeaways:
- Four CoxHealth hospitals received "Get With The Guidelines" awards from the American Heart Association for demonstrating a commitment to timely, evidence-based stroke care.
- Cox Medical Center Branson, Cox Medical Center South, Cox Monett Hospital, and Cox Barton County Hospital were recognized for their commitment to stroke care.
- Cox Medical Center Branson received the Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards.
- Cox Medical Center South received the Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards.
- Cox Monett Hospital received the Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll and Stroke Rural Gold awards.
- Cox Barton County Hospital received the Stroke Silver Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll awards.
- CoxHealth's stroke program is driven by a shared commitment to providing outstanding care to every stroke patient in the community.
- The collaboration across all teams at CoxHealth hospitals has made it possible to provide high-quality care to patients.
Statistics:
- Four CoxHealth hospitals received "Get With The Guidelines" awards from the American Heart Association.
- Cox Medical Center Branson has received the Gold Plus Award for its 10th year in a row.
- Cox Medical Center South has received the Gold Plus Award every year since 2010.
- Cox Barton County Hospital received its first Stroke Rural Gold and first Stroke Silver Plus awards.
- 10th year CoxHealth's Branson hospital has received the Gold Plus Award.
- $[No specific financial data was provided.]
Sources:
- CoxHealth [Category: Healthcare, Health Care Services and Facilities, Awards and Recognitions]
- American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
- Contify.com [Copyright 2017]