LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Eight Baptist Health hospitals across the state earned American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines® (GWTG) Stroke, Heart Failure and Coronary Artery Disease Quality Achievement Awards for ensuring their patients receive the most appropriate and timely treatment in the event of a heart attack, heart failure or stroke.
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Little Rock – GWTG Stroke Award Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes
- Baptist Health Medical Center- North Little Rock – GWTG Stroke Award Silver Plus, Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
- Baptist Health-Fort Smith – GWTG Heart Failure Award Gold plus, Target HF Honor Roll, Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, GWTG Stroke Award Gold Plus, Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Target Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
- Baptist Health-Van Buren – GWTG Coronary Artery Disease, Silver Referring Plus
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Stuttgart – GWTG Coronary Artery Disease, Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Bronze, Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Silver
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Heber Springs – GWTG Coronary Artery Disease, Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Bronze, Rural ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Bronze
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Hot Spring County – GWTG Coronary Artery Disease-Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Bronze, Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Silver, Rural ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Bronze, and GWTG Stroke Rural Bronze
- Baptist Health Medical Center-Arkadelphia – GWTG Coronary Artery Disease-Rural Acute Coronary Syndrome Silver and GWTG Stroke Silver Plus
Get With The Guidelines is a proven in-hospital approach to improving patient outcomes across cardiovascular and stroke focus areas. Each GWTG program promotes consistent adherence to the latest research-driven guidelines and measurement, while providing data and information to professionals for continual improvement in patient care.
About Baptist Health
For more than a century, Baptist Health has delivered all our best in health care through Christian compassion and innovative services. Baptist Health, Arkansas’ most comprehensive health care organization, is here For You. For Life. – with more than 250 points of access that include 12 hospitals; urgent care centers; a senior living community; over 100 primary and specialty care clinics; a college with studies in nursing and allied health; and a graduate residency program. It is also the largest private not-for-profit health care organization based in Arkansas, providing care through the support of approximately 11,000 employees, groundbreaking treatments, renowned physicians and community outreach programs. For more information about Baptist Health, visit Baptist-Health.com, call Baptist Health HealthLine at 1-888-BAPTIST or download the myBaptistHealth app.