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Get With The Guidelines

The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program and the American Stroke Association, together, recruit and sponsor hospitals to join the Get With the GuidelinesSM Program.

Hospital-Based Quality Improvement

  • The American Stroke Association created the program Get With the Guidelines-Stroke to empower hospital-based teams to make sure that stroke patients are consistently treated with proven methods
  • Hospitals must make comprehensive system changes to sustain quality of care. Get With the GuidelinesSM helps hospitals identify where system change is needed.
  • The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention program pays the enrollment fees for hospitals that participate.
  • Get With the GuidelinesSM has four award levels for hospitals that meet quality criteria and sustain it over time.
  • Awarded hospitals are included in the annual “Best Hospitals” issue of U.S. News & World Report.

More information:

For more information, contact Colette Rush at 360-236-3839
Emergency Cardiac & Stroke Response
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Washington Patient Centered Medical Home Collaborative
Get With The Guidelines
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Emergency Cardiac & Stroke System

Related Information:

American Heart Association
American Stroke Association
National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
National Stroke Association