Twenty-three hospital campuses in the Sutter Health Plus network recently received recognition from the Get With The Guidelines® program.
The American Stroke Association applauded 21 Sutter Health Plus network hospital campuses for providing a high level of stroke care. Additionally, ten hospital campuses received recognition from the American Heart Association for high-quality cardiac care.
Stroke Care
Hospital campuses in the Sutter Health Plus network that earned a Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award include:
- Dameron Hospital – Stockton
- Dominican Hospital – Santa Cruz
- El Camino Hospital – Los Gatos
- El Camino Hospital – Mountain View
- Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City
- Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley – Pleasanton
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center – Stockton
- Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center – Oakland
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center’s Van Ness campus – San Francisco
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center’s Davies campus – San Francisco
- Sutter Davis Hospital
- Sutter Eden Medical Center – Castro Valley
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
- Sutter Memorial Medical Center – Modesto
- Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center – Burlingame
- Sutter Novato Community Hospital
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
- Sutter Solano Medical Center
- Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
All but one of the hospital campuses listed above also earned a place on the Target Stroke Honor Roll.
Hospital campuses that achieved Elite Plus Honor Roll status include:
- Sutter Eden Medical Center – Castro Valley
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
- Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
Hospital campuses that achieved Elite Honor Roll status include:
- El Camino Hospital – Los Gatos
- El Camino Hospital – Mountain View
- Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City
- Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley – Pleasanton
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center – Stockton
- Sutter Alta Bates Summit Medical Center – Oakland
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Davies campus – San Francisco
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness campus – San Francisco
- Sutter Davis Hospital
- Sutter Memorial Medical Center, Modesto
- Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center – Burlingame
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center
- Sutter Solano Medical Center
To qualify for these honor roll recognitions, the hospitals met quality measures developed to reduce the time between the patient’s arrival at the hospital and treatment.
Additionally, 19 hospital campuses in the Sutter Health Plus network earned a place on the Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, which promotes evidence-based stroke care for patients with diabetes. The network campuses are:
- Dameron Hospital – Stockton
- Dominican Hospital – Santa Cruz
- El Camino Hospital – Los Gatos
- El Camino Hospital – Mountain View
- Sequoia Hospital – Redwood City
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center – Stockton
- Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley – Pleasanton
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Davies campus – San Francisco
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness campus – San Francisco
- Sutter Davis Hospital
- Sutter Eden Medical Center – Castro Valley
- Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento
- Sutter Memorial Medical Center, Modesto
- Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center – Burlingame
- Sutter Novato Community Hospital
- Sutter Roseville Medical Center
- Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital
- Sutter Solano Medical Center
- Sutter Tracy Community Hospital
Sutter Amador Hospital earned the Bronze Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Rural Recognition, a new accolade that accounts for the varied patient care dynamics faced by rural hospitals.
Finally, Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and Sutter Roseville Medical Center each earned a place on the Advanced Therapy Honor Roll. This is the fourth year in a row for Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento and the first year for Sutter Roseville Medical Center. This accolade recognizes participating hospitals that met timeliness targets for the removal of blood clots from the brain under image guidance. The procedure, known as endovascular thrombectomy is not performed at all hospitals.
Cardiology Care
Five hospital campuses in the Sutter Health Plus network also received recognition from the American Heart Association for their outstanding performance in the treatment of patients presenting to the hospital with an ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) – a specific kind of heart attack that can be caused by coronary artery disease.
- St. Joseph’s Medical Center– Stockton – Gold Plus
- Sutter Delta Medical Center – Antioch– Gold Plus
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Van Ness (San Francisco) – Silver
- Sutter California Pacific Medical Center Davies (San Francisco) – Silver
- Sutter Mills-Peninsula Medical Center – Burlingame – Bronze Plus
Additionally, Dominican Hospital – Santa Cruz earned Gold Plus and Sutter Medical Center, Sacramento earned Silver Plus recognition for the high-quality treatment of heart failure. Both earned a place on the Heart Failure Honor Roll and the Heart Failure Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll, which promotes evidence-based care for patients with both conditions.
Three hospital campuses earned “resuscitation” awards for treating in-hospital cardiac arrest and ultimately helping to improve survival rates. Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital in Palo Alto earned Gold (Neonate/Infant Population and Newly Born Population), and Silver (Pediatric Population) for resuscitation. El Camino Hospital, with campuses in Los Gatos and Mountain View, also earned Silver (Adult Population) for resuscitation.
Finally, St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Stockton earned Gold Plus for its commitment to offering rapid, research-based care to people experiencing a specific type of heart attack known as a non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, or NSTEMI.
