Catholic Health Hospitals Recognized for Excellence in Stroke Care

Catholic Health hospitals once again received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Quality Achievement Award for consistent adherence to nationally recognized, evidence-based care protocols to ensure the best outcomes for stroke patients.

Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Care Recognition

• Good Samaritan University Hospital
  • Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite 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 NYS Department of Health.
• St. Catherine of Siena Hospital and St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
  • Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus
• Mercy Hospital and St. Joseph Hospital
  • Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
• St. Charles Hospital
  • Stroke Gold Plus

Additional Recognition

• St. Francis Hospital & Heart Center
  • Heart Failure Gold Plus with Target: Heart Failure Optimal
    • Recognizes hospitals that apply the latest treatment guidelines to improve outcomes and reduce readmissions for heart failure patients.
• All Catholic Health Hospitals
  • Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
    • All six Catholic Health hospitals recognized for providing the most advanced, appropriate care for stroke patients with Type 2 Diabetes.

“At Catholic Health, the patient is at the heart of everything we do,” said Jason Golbin, DO, MBA, executive vice president and chief medical officer at Catholic Health. “This repeated recognition from the ‘Get With The Guidelines’ program highlights our relentless focus on innovation and improvement to deliver the safest, highest-quality care to every patient, every encounter, every time.”

To learn more about Catholic Health’s stroke care services, please visit https://www.catholichealthli.org/stroke-care or call (866) 695-4362.