Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Receives Gold Plus Award

Broohaven Memorial Hospital has received the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold-Plus Quality Achievement Award for implementing specific quality improvement measures outlined by the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association for the treatment of stroke patients.

Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Receives Gold Plus Stroke Award

Get With The Guidelines Stroke helps hospital teams provide the most up-to-date, research-based guidelines with the goal of speeding recovery and reducing death and disability for stroke patients. Brookhaven Memorial Hospital has earned the award by meeting specific quality achievement measures for the rapid diagnosis and treatment of stroke patients at a set level for a designated period. These measures include aggressive use of medications and risk-reduction therapies aimed at reducing death and disability and improving the lives of stroke patients.

South Shore Neurologic's own Samson Mebrahtu is the Stroke Director at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center. He strives to provide the best comprehensive care to patients both at South Shore Neurologic Associates as well as at Brookhaven Memorial Hospital.