AHA Recognizes Rochester’s Cardiac, Heart Failure, Stroke Care
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association has once again honored the University of Rochester Medical Center with a Triple Performance Achievement Award for meeting its highest standards for coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke care.
Strong Memorial is one of only 13 hospitals in the U.S. recognized this year with the Triple Performance Achievement Award.
The achievements of Strong Memorial in three program modules of the AHA/ASA Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) program consist of: coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke care, all of which each earned a Gold Sustained Performance Award to celebrate three years of adherence to all measures of AHA/ASA performance standards.The list of award-winners were published in an AHA/ASA announcement in this summer’s “America’s Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report.
Charles J. Lowenstein, M.D., chief of the Division of Cardiology, said the AHA/ASA awards illustrate that the University of Rochester Medical Center is at the forefront of patient care. “As one of only a handful of centers in the U.S. to be honored with the Triple Performance Achievement Award, we take pride in what we’ve accomplished as we strive to further advance care for our patients.”
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