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Lovelace Medical Center Receives American Heart Association's Commitment to Quality Award

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Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque has been recognized for its exceptional commitment to quality in patient care, receiving the American Heart Association's (AHA) Commitment to Quality award. This prestigious award acknowledges LMC's achievement of high performance across three or more clinical areas in the AHA's Get With The Guidelines program, a testament to its dedication to using real-time data registries, evidence-based protocols, and cross-disciplinary teamwork to raise the standard of care across multiple specialties. This marks the first year of this special award level, with LMC being one of only 158 sites in the nation to meet the criteria.

Key Takeaways:

  • Lovelace Medical Center received the American Heart Association's Commitment to Quality award for achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines program.
  • This is the first year for this special award level, recognizing an elite group of hospitals having reached achievement level in three or more Get With The Guidelines modules, with LMC being one of only 158 sites in the nation to meet the criteria.
  • The award demonstrates a comprehensive approach to quality improvement, using real-time data registries, evidence-based protocols, and cross-disciplinary teamwork to raise the standard of care across multiple specialties.
  • Brian Miller, CEO of LMC, stated that the recognition reflects the team's dedication to treating the whole patient, not just the condition.
  • Lovelace Medical Center has been named to U.S. News & World Report High Performing Best Hospitals for several conditions, including Heart Attack, Heart Bypass Surgery, Heart Failure, Kidney Failure, Stroke, and COPD.
  • LMC received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for 2025 for the 13th consecutive year.

Statistics:

  • 158 hospitals in the nation met the criteria for the Commitment to Quality award.
  • The award recognizes hospitals that have achieved high performance across three or more clinical areas in the Get With The Guidelines program.
  • Lovelace Medical Center is one of only 249 programs in the world to have received the Practice Transitional Accreditation Program (PTAP) from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).
  • LMC has received 13 consecutive years of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.

Sources:

  • American Heart Association
  • Lovelace Medical Center (lovelace.com)
  • U.S. News & World Report
  • American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
  • Get With The Guidelines program
  • Lovelace Medical Center press release (dated August 5)

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