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| Fountain Valley Regional Hospital Recognizedfor Implementing Quality Cardiac and Stroke Care |
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Fountain Valley, CA – July 14, 2006 — Fountain Valley Regional Hospital and Medical Center (FVRH) is one of 173 hospitals in the United States, and one of only two hospitals in Orange County, being recognized in the July 17 issue of US News & World Report by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With the Guidelines SM (GWTG) program in an ad for its performance achievement in cardiac and stroke patient care.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s GWTG program is a quality-improvement program that helps hospitals insure that patients consistently receive cardiac and stroke care in accordance with the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations.
GWTG has three modules to help hospitals use evidence-based guidelines to treat patients with coronary artery disease, stroke and/or heart failure. Hospitals that continually meet or exceed the nationally accepted standards, or guidelines, improve their quality patient care by turning guidelines into lifelines.
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Upon meeting criteria specific to each module, hospitals are recognized for performance achievement if at least 85 percent of their cardiac or stroke patients (without contraindications) are treated and discharged according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s guidelines and recommendations. The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s ad recognizes Fountain Valley Regional Hospital’s commitment and success in performance achievement.
“GWTG is about saving lives, so the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association wanted to recognize FVRH’s contribution to quality care in a publication such as US News & World Report, which focuses its July issue on the top 100 hospitals. FVRH has implemented and maintained the appropriate standards of protocol in cardiac and stroke care for patients,” said Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., American Heart Association volunteer chairman for the national GWTG Steering Committee. “We are proud of Fountain Valley Regional Hospital’s efforts for implementing these lifesaving treatments.”
“We are dedicated to making our patient care for heart and stroke patients among the best in the country, and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s GWTG program is helping us accomplish that by making it easier for our professionals to improve the quality of care and long-term outcomes of our cardiac patients,” said Deborah C. Keel, Chief Executive Officer, Fountain Valley Regional Hospital
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