IRVINE, Calif., July 16, 2019 --- Hoag Hospital Irvine announced today it has received the American Heart Association/American
Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.
The award highlights the
Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute’s Stroke Program’s commitment to ensuring patients receive the most appropriate treatment
according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines founded
on the latest scientific evidence and recommendations.
This is the eighth year Hoag Hospital Irvine has received the Gold Plus
Quality Achievement Award, acknowledging Hoag’s role in reducing
the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment
with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
When given intravenously in the first three hours after the start of stroke
symptoms, tPA has been shown to significantly reduce the effects of stroke
and lessen the chance of permanent disability.
Hoag Hospital Irvine earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement
measures for the diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level
for a designated period. These measures include evaluation of the proper
use of medications and other stroke treatments aligned with the most up-to-date,
evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing
death and disability for stroke patients. Before discharge, patients receive
education on managing their health, as well as other care transition interventions.
"Stroke care is advancing rapidly and this award demonstrates Hoag’s
commitment to delivering advanced stroke treatments quickly and safely
to provide the best possible outcomes for our patients,” said
Michael Brant-Zawadzki, M.D., F.A.C.R., senior physician executive and
the Ron & Sandi Simon Executive Medical Director Endowed Chair of
the Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute at Hoag. “Hoag Stroke Program’s multidisciplinary team is highly skilled
and ready 24/7 to evaluate and successfully treat patients within an hour
of arrival at the hospital.”
The Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute’s Stroke Program at Hoag
in Irvine and Newport Beach is certified as a Comprehensive Stroke Center
by DNV GL Healthcare USA, Inc. and Hoag Hospital Irvine is also certified
as a Primary Stroke Receiving Center, affirming Hoag’s readiness
to handle a full range of stroke-related medical problems.
ABOUT PICKUP FAMILY NEUROSCIENCES INSTITUTE
Delivering a personalized, integrated approach using best-practice guidelines,
the most advanced technology, and integration of medical specialists in
the most appropriate facilities, the
Pickup Family Neurosciences Institute (PFNI) at Hoag provides the highest quality care for patients with brain and spine disorders
including stroke, aneurysms and vascular malformations, brain tumors,
epilepsy, movement disorders, memory and cognitive disorders, pain, minimally
invasive spine surgery, multiple sclerosis, addiction medicine and sleep
disorders, as well as the mind-body interface of behavioral health. Several
of Hoag’s PFNI programs have received high acclaim, including the
stroke program, which was the first hospital in Orange County and the
second in California to be named a Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center
by DNV GL Healthcare. It was awarded the American Stroke Association’s
Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement for stroke
care. And as one of the first centers in the U.S. to offer the most advanced
radiosurgical treatment system available, Leksell Gamma Knife® Perfexion™, the PFNI brain tumor program is the largest in Orange
County and is also among the top volume programs in the western United
States. The epilepsy program is an accredited Level 4 center. The PFNI’s
memory and cognitive disorders program is nationally recognized.
ABOUT HOAG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL PRESBYTERIAN
Hoag is an approximately $1 billion nonprofit, regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, that treats more than 30,000 inpatients
and 450,000 outpatients annually. Hoag consists of two acute-care hospitals
– Hoag Hospital Newport Beach, which opened in 1952, and Hoag Hospital
Irvine, which opened in 2010 – in addition to eight health centers
and 11 urgent care centers. Hoag is a designated Magnet® hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Hoag offers
a comprehensive blend of health care services that includes five institutes
providing specialized services in the following areas:
cancer,
heart and vascular,
neurosciences,
women’s health, and orthopedics through Hoag’s affiliate,
Hoag Orthopedic Institute, which consists of an orthopedic hospital and two ambulatory surgical centers.
Hoag has been named one of the Best Regional Hospitals in the 2018 - 2019
U.S. News & World Report, andBecker’s Healthcare named Hoag as one of the 2018 “100 Great Hospitals in America”
– a designation Hoag has received five times. For an unprecedented
23 years, residents of Orange County have chosen Hoag as one of the county’s
best hospitals in a local newspaper survey. Visit
www.hoag.org for more information.
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