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Published on August 30, 2023

Local Medical Centers Recognized for Quality of Stroke Care

Photo of the 2023 America Heart Association Gold Plus Award.

MyMichigan Medical Centers in Midland and West Branch have been recognized with multiple awards from the American Heart Association. The Medical Centers participate in the Association’s Get With The Guidelines® program aimed at saving lives and improving outcomes by ensuring that patients receive treatment aligned with the latest science.

MyMichigan Medical Center Midland achieved these recognitions:

•  Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus

•  Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite

•  Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll

MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch achieved these recognitions:

•  Get With The Guidelines - Stroke Silver Plus

•  Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite

•  Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll

•  Get With The Guidelines - Rural Stroke Bronze

The Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite award signifies that 75 percent of applicable patients experienced door-to-needle times of 45 minutes or less and 50 percent experienced door-to-needle times of 30 minutes or less. Both Medical Centers met or exceeded these standards to achieve this level of recognition.

Photo of the American Heart Association Silver Award.

The Get With The Guidelines Rural Stroke award is available to Federally Designated Critical Access Hospitals or Short-Term Acute Care Facilities and Rural Hospitals located within Rural Urban Commuting Area Codes (RUCA). Recipients must demonstrate at least 75 percent compliance with a set of standards applicable to rural stroke care. The Medical Center in West Branch was among the inaugural recipients of this newly established award, and Bronze was the highest level attainable based on 90 days of available data.

The Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll™ recognizes hospitals that achieve an “Overall Diabetes Cardiovascular Initiative Composite Score” of greater than 80 percent for 12 consecutive months. Both Medical Centers met the standards to achieve this composite score.

The program in Midland is also certified as a primary stroke center and the program in West Branch is certified as a stroke-ready hospital by the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC). These certifications confirm through an independent evaluation that the programs are complying with national standards and following evidence-based practices that improve stroke patient outcomes and reduce risk.

Those who would like to learn more about stroke care offered at MyMichigan Health may visit www.mymichigan.org/stroke.

*The American Heart Association does not endorse MyMichigan Health’s products or services.

About Get With The Guidelines

Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 12 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.