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Quality Control Confronts Killer Cardiovascular Threats

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Thursday, February 26, 2015   

MILWAUKEE, Wis. - From the moment a person dials 9-1-1 with a heart or stroke issue to the time they are discharged from a hospital, the American Heart Association is doing its best to make sure everyone gets the latest treatment and the proper guidelines.

According to Lynn Mallas-Serdynski, director of the Quality and Systems Improvement Program for the American Heart Association in Wisconsin, they do this by meeting with health care professionals several times a year and bringing together everyone who touches the patient.

"From EMS agencies to your small rural hospitals to your bigger facilities we get everyone at the table to discuss what's working well," says Mallas-Serdynski. "What can we do better and really to make sure we're meeting the guidelines set forth by the American Heart Association."

Mallas-Serdynski says all the programs are guided by evidence-based care that has been proven to provide the best outcomes for patients. She says rural Wisconsin institutions have special needs.

"Often times, limited resources compared to some of the bigger facilities we work with," she says. "So some of the things we do, we work very closely with the Office of Rural Health in Wisconsin and we work to get hospitals engaged in the system of care."

Hospitals and EMS agencies that meet the American Heart Association's guidelines are recognized through award presentations and recognition events.

According to Mallas-Serdynski, one of the important programs she administers is called "Get With the Guidelines."

"We have 'Get With the Guidelines' for atrial fib, heart failure, and stroke," she says. "It is our evidence-based guidelines in a registry system online, where it guides the practitioner's care of the patient, again making sure the right patient receives the right care at the right time."

February is Heart Month and the American Heart Association says cardiovascular disease remains the number-one killer of Americans.


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