Capital Region | Capital Health | Summer 2018

2018 ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for Heart Attack Care Capital Region is one of 203 hospitals in the nation to earn this award from the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry. This award recognizes a hospital’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of care for heart attack patients. Capital Region has reached an aggressive goal of treating these patients to standard levels of care as outlined by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association’s clinical guidelines and recommendations. To earn this award, Capital Region has demonstrated sustained achievement in the ACTION Registry for eight consecutive quarters and has performed at the top level of standards for specific performance levels. Full participation in the registry engages hospitals in a robust quality improvement process, using data to drive improvements in adherence to guideline recommendations and overall quality of care provided to heart attack patients. 2018 Get With The Guidelines ® –Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association uses this award to recognize a hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, which rely on the latest scientific evidence. Capital Region, a Level II Designated Stroke Center, earned this 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. “Capital Region Medical Center is dedicated to improving the quality of care for our stroke and heart attack patients by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–stroke initiative and participating in the American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry. The tools and resources provided help us track and measure our success in meeting evidence-based clinical guidelines developed to improve patient outcomes.” —Gaspare Calvaruso, President of Capital Region Medical Center crmc.org 7 Award-winning heart and stroke care CRMC earns prestigious awards for stroke and heart attack care Capital Region Medical Center has proven their dedication to excellent patient care and outcomes with their recent accolades. Capital Region received both the 2018 American College of Cardiology’s NCDR ACTION Registry Platinum Performance Achievement Award for Heart Attack Care and the 2018 American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke Silver Plus Quality Achievement Award. Our teams have worked very hard on behalf of our patients to achieve these distinctions.