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Piedmont Healthcare issued the following announcement on Oct. 4. 

Piedmont has received 45 American Heart Association Achievement Awards for implementing quality improvement measures that ensure cardiovascular patients receive efficient and coordinated care, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times and fewer returns to the hospital.

Nearly half of all adults in the United States have experienced some form of cardiovascular disease – including heart attack, stroke and heart failure. For patients with conditions that are severe enough to be transported or admitted to a hospital, time is critical.

The American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline and Get With The Guidelines programs help reduce barriers to prompt treatment for cardiovascular events. As a participant in Mission: Lifeline and Get With The Guidelines programs, Piedmont hospitals applied for the award recognitions by demonstrating how its organization has committed to improving quality care for patients.

“Piedmont is honored to be recognized by the American Heart Association for our dedication in helping our patients have the best possible chance of survival and recovery after cardiovascular events -- and the results demonstrate our commitment to providing high-quality care close to home,” said Charles L. Brown, M.D., CEO of  Piedmont’s Physician Enterprise. “The Mission: Lifeline and Get with the Guidelines programs help put proven knowledge and guidelines to work on a daily basis to improve outcomes for cardiovascular patients.”

This year, Piedmont hospitals received the following Achievement Awards:

• Get With The Guidelines Stroke: Gold Plus Achievement
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
  • Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
  • Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
  • Piedmont Macon Medical Center
  • Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
  • Piedmont Fayette Hospital
  • Piedmont Henry Hospital
  • Piedmont Newnan Hospital
  • Piedmont Newton Hospital
  • Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
• Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure: Gold Plus Achievement
  • Piedmont Fayette Hospital
• Mission Lifelife: STEMI: Gold Plus Receiving
  • Piedmont Coliseum Medical Center
• Mission Lifeline: NSTEMI: Gold
  • Piedmont Macon Medical Center
• Get With The Guidelines Stroke: Silver Plus Achievement
  • Piedmont Macon North Hospital
  • Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
  • Piedmont Walton Hospital
• Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure: Silver Plus Achievement
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
• Target: Stroke: Honor Roll-Elite Plus
  • Piedmont Macon Medical Center
  • Piedmont Fayette Hospital
  • Piedmont Henry Hospital
• Target: Stroke: Honor Roll-Elite
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
  • Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
  • Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
  • Piedmont Newnan Hospital
• Target: Stroke: Honor Roll
  • Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
  • Piedmont Newton Hospital
  • Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
  • Piedmont Walton Hospital
• Target: Stroke: Honor Roll-Advanced Therapy
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
• Target Stroke: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center
  • Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
  • Piedmont Cartersville Medical Center
  • Piedmont Macon Medical Center
  • Piedmont Columbus Regional - Midtown
  • Piedmont Eastside Medical Center
  • Piedmont Fayette Hospital
  • Piedmont Henry Hospital
  • Piedmont Mountainside Hospital
  • Piedmont Newnan Hospital
  • Piedmont Newton Hospital
  • Piedmont Rockdale Hospital
  • Piedmont Walton Hospital
• Target: Heart Failure
  • Piedmont Athens Regional Medical Center

“We are pleased to recognize Piedmont for their commitment to cardiovascular care,” said Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., national chairperson of the American Heart Association’s Quality Oversight Committee and Executive Vice Chair of Neurology, Director of Acute Stroke Services, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. “Research has shown that hospitals adhering to clinical measures through the American Heart Association’s quality improvement programs often see fewer readmissions and lower mortality rates.”

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