Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC) has earned the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Heart Failure Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award, recognizing its commitment to providing consistent, quality care aligned with the latest evidence-based guidelines.
PMC also earned two related American Heart Association awards — Target: Heart FailureSM Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 DiabetesSM Honor Roll.
Get With The Guidelines is an in-hospital program for improving care by promoting consistent adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines. The heart failure guidelines establish treatment protocols with the best evidence to speed recovery, reduce hospital readmissions, and improve the quality of life for patients with heart failure.
To earn Gold, PMC met or exceeded the achievement measures — including prescribing appropriate medications, providing necessary diagnostic tests, and scheduling follow-up visits — for 24 consecutive months. PMC added Plus status by documenting performance in four additional quality measures.
“We are trying to help people with heart failure manage their condition, stay healthy, and lead fuller lives,” said Lisa Motavalli, MD, a board certified cardiologist with Princeton Medicine Physicians. “The Get With The Guidelines initiative gives us a quality framework to achieve those goals.”
PMC earned its Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll award by meeting criteria that improve medication adherence, provide early follow-up care and coordination, and enhance patient education. The Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll award involved ensuring patients with type 2 diabetes receive the most up-to-date, evidence-based care when hospitalized for heart disease or stroke.