Member News Releases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
August 6, 2008
Sherman Hospital Recognized for Implementing Quality Cardiac and Stroke Care
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association are
recognizing Sherman Hospital for its performance in treating cardiac
and stroke patients using the association's Get With The GuidelinesSM
program. Sherman Hospital joins 518 other hospitals being featured in
an advertisement in the July 21st "America's Best Hospitals" issue of
US News & World Report.
GWTG is a hospital based quality-improvement program designed to
ensure that hospitals consistently care for cardiac and stroke patients
following the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations. The
program provides three modules that address coronary artery disease,
heart failure and stroke. Currently more than 1,450 hospitals use one
or more GWTG modules.
Upon meeting each module's criteria, hospitals are recognized if at
least 85 percent of their cardiac or stroke patients are treated and
discharged according to the American Heart Association/American Stroke
Association's recommendations.
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's
advertisement recognizes Sherman Hospital's commitment and success in
performance achievement.
"The American Heart Association is
pleased to recognize its top Get With The Guidelines participants,"
said Gregg C Fonarow, M.D., national chairman, Get With The Guidelines
steering committee and director, Ahmanson-UCLA Cardiomyopathy Center.
"The program makes it easier for hospitals like Sherman to provide
appropriate evidence-based care and ultimately improve the quality of
life and help reduce the number of deaths in these heart and stroke
patients."
About GWTG
Get With The GuidelinesSM (GWTG) is the American
Heart Association/ American Stroke Association's hospital-based quality
improvement program that empowers healthcare teams to save lives and
reduce healthcare costs by helping hospitals follow evidence-based
guidelines and recommendations. Experience has shown that 80,000 lives
could be saved annually if the coronary artery disease (GWTG-CAD)
module alone was implemented nationwide. For more information, visit americanheart.org/
About Sherman Health
Sherman Health is a not-for-profit, community-governed healthcare system dedicated to providing residents of Chicago's northwest suburbs with outstanding healthcare and service-
every life, every moment, every day. Located in Elgin, Ill., Sherman
Hospital was the first community hospital in Illinois to perform
open-heart surgery and continues to lead the way in cardiac care for
the region.
Other hospital services include emergency care, a diabetes center, cancer care, orthopedic care and a birthing
center with a neonatal intensive care nursery. Sherman also provides
convenient, quality healthcare services at Sherman Family HealthCare
immediate care centers in Algonquin, Crystal Lake, Elgin, and South
Elgin. For more information on Sherman Health locations and services,
please visit www.ShermanHealth.com or call 800-397-9000.
The Future of Sherman
Construction is currently underway for a
new Sherman Hospital at Randall and Big Timber roads in Elgin. Sherman
broke ground on the 255-bed facility, with all private rooms, in June
2006 and expects construction to be complete in late 2009. To learn
more about the new hospital, plans for the current hospital and to
watch our progress, please visit www.TheFutureofSherman.com.