Catholic Health Hospitals Earn National Recognition for Excellence in Stroke Care

Catholic Health’s commitment to exceptional stroke care has once again earned national recognition, with every hospital and campus across the system receiving the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Quality Achievement Award for consistently delivering evidence-based stroke care that meets nationally recognized quality guidelines.

Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Care Recognition

• Good Samaritan University Hospital  
  • Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Advanced Therapy
    • Good Samaritan University Hospital is home to the Stroke & Brain Aneurysm Center of Long Island, the region’s longest-running Comprehensive Stroke Center and the first recognized by both The Joint Commission and the New York State Department of Health.
• Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
  • Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Advanced Therapy
• Mercy Hospital, Catherine of Siena Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital
  • Stroke GOLD PLUS with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
• The former Charles Hospital, now a campus of Good Samaritan University Hospital
  • Stroke GOLD PLUS

Additional Recognition

• Francis Hospital & Heart Center®
  • Heart Failure GOLD PLUS with Target: Heart Failure Optimal
    • Recognizes hospitals that consistently implement the most up-to-date treatment guidelines for heart failure patients.
• Good Samaritan, Mercy, St. Catherine, St. Francis, St. Joseph
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    • Recognizes hospitals that provide the most advanced, evidence-based care for stroke, heart failure and heart attack patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

“At Catholic Health, our goal is always to provide the most patient-centered care possible,” said Jason Golbin, DO, MBA, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Catholic Health. “We’re honored to once again be recognized by the ‘Get With The Guidelines’ program across our system. These awards reflect Catholic Health’s ongoing commitment to innovation, continuous improvement and delivering the highest level of care to every patient we serve.” 

To learn more about Catholic Health’s stroke care services, please visit https://www.catholichealthli.org/stroke-care.