Placentia-Linda Hospital recognized for implementing quality cardiac care                 

Placentia, CA, February 11, 2008 — Placentia-Linda Hospital will be recognized by the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines SM (GWTG) program in an ad to be published by US News & World Report this July for its Annual Performance Achievement in Congestive Heart Failure.

The American Heart Association’s GWTG program is a quality-improvement program that helps hospitals ensure that patients consistently receive cardiac care in accordance with the most up-to-date guidelines and recommendations.  

Hospitals that continually meet or exceed the nationally accepted standards or guidelines, improve their quality patient care by turning guidelines into lifelines are recognized.             

“GWTG is about saving lives, so the American Heart Association wanted to recognize Placentia-Linda Hospital’s contribution to quality care in a publication such as US News & World Report, which focuses its July issue on top hospitals.  

Placentia-Linda Hospital has implemented and maintained the appropriate standards of protocol in cardiac care for patients,” said Gregg C. Fonarow, M.D., American Heart Association volunteer chairman for the national GWTG Steering Committee. “We are proud of Placentia-Linda Hospital’s efforts for implementing these lifesaving treatments.”            

“Placentia-Linda Hospital is dedicated to making our patient care for heart patients among the best in the country, and the American Heart Association’s GWTG program is helping us accomplish that by making it easier for our professionals to improve the quality of care and long-term outcomes of our cardiac patients,” said Fred Valtairo, Placentia-Linda’s Director of Quality Management.  

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