Sentara Health: “Sentara Northern Virginia Medical Center (SNVMC) is honored to receive national recognition for excellence from American Heart Association and American Stroke Association, and the American College of Cardiology. The recent awards represent outstanding stroke and cardiovascular care provided by SNVMC.”
“SNVMC on Stroke Honor Roll: For providing excellent stroke care, leading to more lives saved and shorter recovery times, SNVMC has been honored with Gold Plus recognition from American Heart Association and American Stroke Association’s joint ‘Get With the Guidelines’ (GWTG) Awards.”
“GTWG recognizes hospitals committed to delivering the most appropriate treatment for stroke patients and meet certain criteria. All 12 of Sentara’s hospitals received national recognition for excellent stroke care.”
“Cardiology Excellence: SNVMC received further recognition from the American College of Cardiology with the NCDR Chest Pain-MI Registry Performance Achievement Platinum Award and the Get With the Guidelines (GWTG) Mission Lifeline Silver Award for 2023.”
“Both awards recognize Sentara’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. Along with SNVMC, seven other Sentara hospitals received the NCDR Chest Pain – MI Registry Platinum award and only bestowed upon 262 hospitals nationwide.”
“To receive a Chest Pain – MI Registry Performance Achievement Award, hospitals must demonstrate sustained achievement in the Chest Pain – MI Registry for at least four consecutive quarters and perform with distinction for specific performance measures. Sentara hospitals have continued to be recognized with this performance achievement award for the past 12 years.”
