The American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® initiative promotes up-to-date, research-based guidelines to ensure all patients have access to lifesaving care
Forty-five hospitals in Massachusetts are among the 4,800 nationwide that participate in the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines® initiative to improve outcomes for Americans who experience heart disease or stroke.
Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death in the United States, respectively. These health crises require swift and proven treatment to ensure the best outcomes for patients. The American Heart Association, devoted to changing the future to a world of healthier lives for all, sets the standards for high-quality, science-based care and access that all patients deserve.
“Every 40 seconds, someone in America has a stroke or heart attack,” said Michele Bolles, American Heart Association senior vice president of quality, outcomes research and analytics. “High-quality care should be accessible to all, and sites awarded through the Get With The Guidelines program help work toward our shared vision of health and hope for everyone, everywhere.”
Each year, the American Heart Association recognizes hospitals across the country for consistently following up-to-date, research-based guidelines to ensure all patients have access to lifesaving care. In Massachusetts,45 hospitals were recognized this year:
- Sturdy Memorial Hospital
- Beverly Hospital
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Boston Medical Center
- Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital
- Brigham and Women’s Hospital
- Massachusetts General Hospital
- Tufts Medical Center
- BMC-Brighton
- Boston Medical Center – South
- Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
- Mount Auburn Hospital
- Emerson Health
- Saint Anne’s Hospital
- Southcoast Health Charlton Memorial Hospital
- Falmouth Hospital, member Cape Cod Healthcare
- UMASS Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital
- MetroWest Medical Center – Framingham
- Addison Gilbert Hospital
- Fairview Hospital
- Baystate Franklin Medical Center
- Holy Family Hospital – Haverhill
- Holyoke Medical Center
- Cape Cod Hospital
- Lawrence General Hospital
- Lowell General Hospital – Main Campus
- Melrose-Wakefield Hospital
- Holy Family Hospital – Methuen
- Milford Regional Medical Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Milton
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital – Needham
- Southcoast Health St. Luke’s Hospital
- Newton-Wellesley Hospital
- North Adams Regional Hospital
- Cooley Dickinson Hospital
- Baystate Wing Hospital
- Berkshire Medical Center
- Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Plymouth
- Salem Hospital
- Baystate Medical Center
- Mercy Medical Center
- Southcoast Health Tobey Hospital
- Saint Vincent Hospital
- UMass Memorial – Marlborough Hospital
- UMass Memorial Medical Center
Learn more at heart.org/getwiththeguidelines
Additional Resources: U.S. News & World Report