The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's advertisement recognizes Broward General's commitment and success in performance achievement. "The American Heart Association is pleased to recognize its top GWTG participants," said. Lee Schwamm, M.D., national chairman of the GWTG steering committee, associate professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School, and vice chairman of neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital. We are proud that the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association have chosen the 'America's Best Hospitals' issue of US News & World Report to recognize Broward General for our achievements in their GWTG program," said Norma Vesey, MS, BSN, RN, PCCN, Broward General's stroke program coordinator. "GWTG gives our professionals the tools...
The BDN's front page headline on May 21 was: "Kennedy has year to live, experts say." I hope the Kennedy family and the good senator's well-wishers toss the headline in the waste basket and concentrate on Sen. John Kerry's comment: "This guy is one unbelievable fighter," as well as the statement by neurologist Dr. Lee Schwamm and Dr. Larry Roman, Kennedy's primary doctor, that Kennedy "remains in good overall condition and is up and walking around the hospital" and "remains in good spirits and full of energy. The attitude of many Sen. Ted Kennedy's friends and associates, which appear from many media accounts to reflect a virtual write- off of this "unbelievable fighter," are totally out of order. I couldn't conceive of a better place for the senator to be than Massachusetts General Ho...
Stroke warning signs: * Sudden numbness or weakness of the face, arm or leg, especially on one side of the body.
... after (the drug) was released," said Lee Schwamm, vice chairman of Massachusetts General's neurolog...
...Lee H. Schwamm, M.D., chair of the Get With The Guidelines nation...
DALLAS, Nov. 4, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Heart Association has merged two of its premier quality improvement programs to help providers reduce disability and death from in- hospital cardiac and respiratory emergencies. Get With The Guidelines(R)-Resuscitation - a combination of the association's National Registry of CardioPulmonary Resuscitation (NRCPR(R)) and Get With The Guidelines(R) - will arm hospitals with proven methods for providing evidence-based care, benchmarking and quality improvement. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100222/AHSALOGO)
...Schwamm, M.D., chair of the Get With The Guidelines Nation...
SAN ANTONIO - People at risk of a stroke because of narrowed neck arteries can be safely treated with a less drastic option than the surgery done now, the largest study ever done on these treatments concludes. If Medicare agrees to cover it, hundreds of thousands of Americans a year might be able to have an artery-opening procedure and a stent instead of surgery to remove built-up plaque, doctors say. A stent is a wire-mesh tube that props the blood vessel open.
...Lee Schwamm, a top neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospit...
After implementing a wide range of practices designed to speed and improve care for stroke victims, Stony Brook University Medical Center has received an American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Performance Achievement Award. The hospital said the award recognizes success in adhering to high standards of care for stroke patients, according to evidence- based guidelines.
...Dr. Lee H. Schwamm, chair of the Get With The Guidelines National Ste...
REDLANDS - Redlands Community Hospital has announced its participation in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association's Get With The Guidelines stroke program. The goal of the new program is to improve the overall quality of care for stroke patients by improving acute stroke treatment and preventing future strokes and cardiovascular events. Get with the Guidelines was developed to help hospitals employ proven science-based treatment guidelines, including those developed by the American Stroke Association, American Heart Association and Brain Attack Coalition. These guidelines address acute stroke management, primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases, secondary prevention of strokes and the establishment of primary stroke centers.
...Schwamm, M.D., chair of the Get With The Guidelines Nation...
The American Heart Association/American Stroke Association is exploring the development of a comprehensive hospital certification program for heart and stroke care The program would help ensure hospitals are consistently providing excellent evidence-based quality care, patient safety and favorable patient outcomes
...Peterson, M.D., M.P.H.; Lee H. Schwamm, M.D.; John A. Spertus, M.D.; Clyde W. Yancy Jr., ...
...Lee Schwamm, director of Massachusetts General Hospital's acut...
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