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
Twenty-two hospitals in Connecticut are among the 2,600 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 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 Dr. Robert Elder, Director, a cardiologist and Director of the Yale Adult Congenital Heart Program at the Yale School of Medicine and American Heart Association Connecticut Board President. “Access to high-quality care is something that everyone should have, and the Get With The Guidelines program helps ensure all patients can access high-quality care. We are fortunate to have such an extensive group of hospitals in Connecticut that meet the standards.”
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 Connecticut, twenty-two hospitals were recognized this year:
- Charlotte Hungerford Hospital
- Connecticut Children’s Medical Center
- Danbury Hospital
- Day Kimball Hospital
- Hartford Hospital
- Greenwich Hospital
- Lawrence + Memorial
- Middlesex Hospital
- Midstate Medical Center
- New Milford Hospital
- Norwalk Hospital
- Saint Francis Hospital
- Sharon Hospital
- Vincent’s Medical Center
- Stamford Hospital
- The Hospital of Central Connecticut
- William W. Backus Hospital
- UConn Health/John Dempsey Hospital
- Waterbury Hospital
- Windham Hospital
- Yale New Haven Hospital
Learn more at heart.org/getwiththeguidelines.