HOSPITAL HEADLINES
Boone Health Receives Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award Boone Health has received the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Each year, program participants apply for the award recognition by demonstrating how their organization has committed to providing quality care for stroke patients. In addition to following treatment guidelines, participants also provide education to patients to help them manage their health and rehabilitation once at home. Boone Health also received the Association’s Target: StrokeSM Honor Roll Elite Award. To qualify for this recognition, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clotbuster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA, the only drug approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat ischemic stroke.
Boone Health’s Bariatric Program Achieves Accreditation Boone Health’s Bariatric Program has been accredited as a designation level center by the Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program. The MBSAQIP Standards, Optimal Resources for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, ensure that metabolic and bariatric patients receive multidisciplinary medical care, which improves patient outcomes and long-term success. MBSAQIP-accredited centers offer preoperative and postoperative care designed specifically for patients with obesity. To earn MBSAQIP accreditation, Boone met essential criteria for staffing, training, facility infrastructure, and patient care pathways, ensuring its ability to support patients with obesity.
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