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MIAMI, FL – Jackson Memorial Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The award recognizes Jackson’s commitment and success in implementing a higher standard of stroke care by ensuring that stroke patients receive treatment according to nationally accepted guidelines.
“Our comprehensive stroke center at Jackson is not only the largest comprehensive stroke center in South Florida, but it has also received this outstanding quality ranking from the Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Program,” said Ralph L. Sacco, M.D., M.S., FAHA, FAAA, chief of the neurology at Jackson Memorial Hospital, professor and Olemberg chair of neurology, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, executive director, McKnight Brain Institute, and past president of the American Heart Association.
 “We are extremely proud to once again be the recipients of this great award,” said Carlos A. Migoya,
president and chief executive officer of Jackson Health System. “This is a testament to Jackson’s commitment to providing the highest quality stroke care in Miami-Dade County.”
More than 800 stroke patients are admitted annually to Jackson Memorial Hospital. The stroke center has a dedicated medical staff committed to saving lives through the rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients admitted to the emergency room. Brain imaging scans, patient evaluations and clot-busting medications are available 24/7. The stroke team includes neurologists, neurointerventionalists, vascular neurosurgeons, vascular neurology accredited fellows and the region’s largest team of neuro-critical care specialists.
Following Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke treatment guidelines, patients are started on aggressive risk-reduction therapies including the use of medications such as tPA, antithrombotics and anticoagulation therapy, along with cholesterol reducing drugs and smoking cessation counseling. These are all aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients. Hospitals must adhere to these measures at a set level for a designated period of time to be eligible for the achievement awards.
According to the American Stroke Association, each year approximately 795,000 people suffer a stroke; 610,000 are first attacks and 185,000 are recurrent. Every 40 seconds, someone in the United States is suffering from a stroke. This deadly condition accounts for one out of every 18 deaths in the United States.
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Jackson Memorial Hospital
Opened in 1918, Jackson Memorial Hospital is an accredited, tax-assisted, tertiary teaching hospital with 1,558 licensed beds. In affiliation with the University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine and its faculty, Jackson Memorial provides a wide range of patient services, educational programs, a clinical setting for research activities and a number of health-related community services. It is a regional referral center and a magnet for medical research and innovation. Based on the number of admissions to a single facility, Jackson Memorial is one of the nation’s busiest hospitals.
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