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CMH Receives Bronze Award from AHA

Hospital Recognized for Commitment to Quality Care

The American Heart Association (AHA) has awarded Cheboygan Memorial Hospital (CMH) with the Bronze Performance Achievement Award based on compliance with Get With The Guidelines (GWTG). CMH is one of only four hospitals in Michigan receiving such an award for 2008. The other three hospitals are University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and St. Mary's Hospital in Livonia. All four hospitals, including CMH, will be mentioned in the US News and World Reports edition of the Best Hospitals in the Country, which is due for release in July, 2008.

"Being honored as giving excellent patient care is the best recognition a hospital can get," said Barbara Cliff, CMH President and CEO. "What really is rewarding is seeing the lives we're impacting. Congratulations to our physicians, nurses and quality improvement professionals for turning treatment guidelines into lifelines."

GWTG is an evidence-based program for in-hospital quality improvement. It puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals, helping to ensure that the care they provide to coronary artery disease, stroke and heart failure patients is aligned with the latest scientific guidelines. The goal of  GWTG is simply to help the hospital save more lives by optimizing care for coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke patients through improved outcomes and a reduction in recurring events.

Performance Achievement Awards (PAAs) recognize hospitals that demonstrate at least 85 percent compliance in each of the six core GWTG measures. The different levels of PAAs reflect the amount of time for which the hospital demonstrates performance. The Bronze Award is for an initial performance of ahcieveing at least 90 consecutive days of scoring at least 85 percent on these measures. More information on the GWTG program is available at www.americanheart.org.

Picture:  The American Heart Association presented the Bornze Achievement Award to CMH officials gathered in the new Cardiac Wellness Center. Pictured in the front row, (left) Barbara Cliff, CMH President & CEO accepts the ward from Kim Sutter, Director of Quality Improvement Initiatives for the American Heart Association. In the back row are CMH officials - (left to right) Susan Billings, Director of the Department of Quality & Case Management; Marti Maltby, Case Manager from the Nursing Office; and Beth Daugherty, Senior Vice President & COO.

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