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Follow on Google News | Lake Pointe Medical Center Receives Get With The Guidelines Target Stroke Honor Roll AwardBy: Lake Pointe Medical Center “We are proud to have received this elite award,” said LPMC CEO Brett Lee. “It is our goal to provide the best, most reliable care to our patients, and this award attests to the hard work our medical staff strives to provide.” To receive the Target: Stroke Honor Roll award, hospitals must meet quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment with the clot-buster tissue plasminogen activator, or tPA (http://www.strokeassociation.org/ These quality measures are designed to help hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, evidence-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery time and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. “We are pleased to recognize Lake Pointe Medical Center for its commitment to stroke care,” said Deepak L. Bhatt, M.D., M.P.H., national chairman of the Get With The Guidelines steering committee and Executive Director of Interventional Cardiovascular Programs at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. “Studies have shown hospitals that consistently follow Get With The Guidelines quality improvement measures can reduce length of stay and 30-day readmission rates and reduce disparities in care.” For patients, Get With The Guidelines–Stroke uses the “teachable moment,” the time soon after a patient has had a stroke, when they learn how to manage their risk factors while still in the hospital and recognize the F.A.S.T (http://www.strokeassociation.org/ According to the American Heart Association/ ABOUT LAKE POINTE MEDICAL CENTER Lake Pointe Medical Center is a 112-bed acute care hospital located at 6800 Scenic Drive in Rowlett. Lake Pointe Medical Center has been serving the region’s healthcare needs since 1987. The hospital provides a wide spectrum of medical services, including an emergency department with Fast Track services, a 14-bed intensive care unit, women's services, a Level II and Level III NICU, interventional cardiology, diagnostic imaging, and eight operating rooms. With a medical staff of over 500 physicians, Lake Pointe Medical Center provides most specialty services. The hospital has been designated as a Pathway To Excellence Facility three times by the American Nurse Credentialing Center. The hospital holds CIGNA Center of Excellence Designations for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), General Cardiac Medical (heart attack, heart failure, irregular heartbeat), Stroke and Vaginal Delivery. The hospital is designated as a Primary Stroke Center by the Joint Commission and a Level IV Trauma Center by the Texas Department of State Health Services. In 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014, LPMC was named one of the nation’s top performers on key quality measures by The Joint Commission. The hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest hospital accreditation agency, licensed by the state of Texas and certified for participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. To learn more about Lake Pointe Medical Center, visit www.lakepointemedical.com. About Get With The Guidelines Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/ End
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