Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10701 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Trimble, Public Affairs Specialist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2016 Cell: (216) 701-7029 Cleveland VA recognized with Gold Plus Award for heart failure care The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center has received the Get With The CLEVELAND— Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of for patients with heart failure. Cardiology Foundation’s secondary prevention guidelines This marks the sixth year that the Cleveland VA has been recognized with a quality achievement award. Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure is a quality improvement program that helps hospital teams follow the most up-to-date, research-based standards with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. Launched in 2005, numerous published studies have demonstrated the in achieving patient outcome program’s success improvements, including reductions in 30-day readmissions. Cleveland VA earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients. These measures include evaluation of the patient, proper use of medications and aggressive risk-reduction therapies, such as ACE inhibitors/ARBs, beta-blockers, diuretics, anticoagulants, and other appropriate therapies. Before patients are discharged, they also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions. VA is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our heart failure patients, and “Cleveland implementing the American Heart Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure program Association’s helps us to accomplish this goal by tracking and measuring our success in meeting internationally-respected Medical Center Director Susan Fuehrer. guidelines,” said
Louis Stokes Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center 10701 East Blvd. Cleveland, Ohio 44106 FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley Trimble, Public Affairs Specialist Cell: (216) 701-7029 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 20, 2016 Cleveland VA recognized with Gold Plus Award for heart failure care CLEVELAND— The Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Center has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation’s secondary prevention guidelines for patients with heart failure. This marks the sixth year that the Cleveland VA has been recognized with a quality achievement award. Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure is a quality improvement program that helps hospital teams follow the most up-to-date, research-based standards with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing hospital readmissions for heart failure patients. Launched in 2005, numerous published studies have demonstrated the program’s success in achieving patient outcome improvements, including reductions in 30-day readmissions. Cleveland VA earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the diagnosis and treatment of heart failure patients. These measures include evaluation of the patient, proper use of medications and aggressive risk-reduction therapies, such as ACE inhibitors/ARBs, beta-blockers, diuretics, anticoagulants, and other appropriate therapies. Before patients are discharged, they also receive education on managing their heart failure and overall health, get a follow-up visit scheduled, as well as other care transition interventions. “Cleveland VA is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our heart failure patients, and implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines-Heart Failure program helps us to accomplish this goal by tracking and measuring our success in meeting internationally-respected guidelines,” said Medical Center Director Susan Fuehrer.
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