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
Thirty-two hospitals in Southeastern Pennsylvania 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, celebrating 100 years of work to advance health and hope for everyone, everywhere, 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 Jennifer Litchman-Green, executive director, Greater Philadelphia American Heart Association. “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 Southeastern Pennsylvania, 32 hospitals were recognized this year:
- Abington – Lansdale Hospital
- Abington Memorial Hospital
- Albert Einstein Medical Center
- Bryn Mawr Hospital
- Chester County Hospital
- Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Doylestown Hospital
- Einstein Medical Center Montgomery
- Grand View Hospital
- Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Jeanes Hospital
- Jefferson Methodist Hospital
- Jefferson Torresdale Hospital
- Lankenau Medical Center
- Lower Bucks Hospital
- Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital
- Nazareth Hospital
- Paoli Hospital
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center
- Pennsylvania Hospital
- Phoenixville Hospital
- Pottstown Hospital
- Riddle Memorial Hospital
- Roxborough Memorial Hospital
- St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children
- St. Luke’s Hospital – Quakertown
- St. Mary Medical Center
- Suburban Community Hospital
- Temple Health – Chestnut Hill Hospital
- Temple University Hospital
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Learn more at heart.org/getwiththeguidelines.
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