Saint Mary’s Medical Center gets stroke care award

Saint Mary’s Medical Center has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get with The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Achievement Award with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus.

Hospitals must achieve 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get with The Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for two or more consecutive 12-month periods and achieve 75 percent or higher compliance with five of eight Get with The Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures to receive the Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.