Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas
Health Care System, received the Get With The Guidelines Gold Performance
Achievement Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). The award
is presented to hospitals that follow AHA/American College of Cardiology
treatment guidelines for heart failure.
Heart disease is the leading cause of hospitalization in the U.S. and
it is estimated that 5.2 million Americans have heart failure. Heart
failure is a condition in which the heart is no longer able to pump
enough blood to meet the need of the rest of the body. There is no cure
for heart failure, but with early diagnosis and aggressive treatment,
symptoms can be controlled.
AHA’s Get With The Guidelines program is a quality improvement
initiative that outlines evidence-based practices to improve care and
help people better manage their disease without costly hospitalization.
The guidelines include aggressive risk reduction therapies such as medications;
alcohol, drug and thyroid management counseling; as well as cardiac
rehabilitation.
“The Heart Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center is proud
to be recognized by the AHA with a Gold Award for enhancing patient
outcomes and saving lives,” said Marc Cohen, MD, Chief of Cardiology
at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center. “The best way to treat heart
failure is to manage the underlying cardiac conditions such as coronary
artery disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes and
obesity.”
“Newark Beth Israel continues to be successful in providing
effectual treatment for heart failure for all our patients,” said
John A. Brennan, MD, Executive Director of Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey.
Date: January 5, 2010
Contact: Caren Malone
Public Relations Department
Saint Barnabas Health
Care System
973-322-4017, cmalone@barnabashealth.org
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