Newark Beth Israel Medical Center recently
received the Get With The Guidelines Silver Performance Achievement
Award from the American Heart Association (AHA). 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.
Key to Newark Beth Israel
Medical Center’s success
in achieving Silver Award recognition was the hospital’s
participation in The New Jersey Health Initiative Expecting
Success: Excellence in Cardiac Care. In 2007 Newark Beth
Israel was among 10 New Jersey hospitals selected by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to receive a grant aimed at
sharing best practices in treating African American and Latino
patients with heart failure. “As a result, all
patients are receiving comprehensive evaluation, treatment,
teaching and followup care that helps them manage their disease,
control symptoms and prevent additional hospitalizations,” explained
Marc Cohen, MD, Director of the Division of Cardiology at
Newark Beth Israel and Physician Director of the grant.
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