To receive the Silver Plus Quality Achievement award, Cox Medical Center
Branson had to achieve an 85 percent or higher adherence to all Get With The
Guidelines-Stroke achievement indicators for at least 12 consecutive months and
during the same period achieve 75 percent or higher compliance with five of
eight Get With The Guidelines-Stroke Quality measures. These quality measures
are designed to help hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, evidence-based
guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability
for stroke patients.
“This recognition further demonstrates our
commitment to delivering advanced stroke treatments to patients quickly and
safely,” said Misty Denevan,
director of emergency services and critical care at Cox Medical Center
Branson. “Cox Medical Center Branson continues to
strive for excellence in the acute treatment of stroke patients. The
recognition reinforces our team’s hard work and commitment to being the best
for those who need us.”
“The American Heart Association and American Stroke Association recognize Cox
Medical Center Branson for its commitment to stroke care,” said Paul
Heidenreich, MD, MS, national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines Steering
Committee and Professor
of Medicine at Stanford University. “Research has shown
there are benefits to patients who are treated at hospitals that have adopted
the Get With The Guidelines program.”
According to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, stroke
is the No. 5 cause of death and a leading cause of adult disability in the
United States. On average, someone in the U.S. suffers a stroke every 40
seconds, someone dies of a stroke every four minutes, and nearly 800,000 people
suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year.
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