Boca Raton Regional Hospital Receives Stroke Care Award

By: Michael Demyan

Boca Raton Regional Hospital received recognition for their success with stroke patients with an award from the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association (ASA).

The Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award is presented to hospitals which adhere to the “Get With The Guidelines – Stroke” program by 85 percent for 24 consecutive months. The hospitals also need to have 75 percent adherence to five of eight in the“Get With The Guidelines – Stroke Quality” program.

It is the highest honor given out by the AHA and ASA to a hospital, proving that they do as much as they can to reduce the amount of disabilities and deaths of patients who come in after having a stroke. Preceding this award, the hospital was also recognized at the bronze and silver levels.

Boca Raton Regional Hospital was also named to the Target Stroke Honor Roll Elite, which is the second highest recognition of those named to the honor roll, which was established in 2015. Those named to the list go on to be featured by the AHA on their website, along with at conferences and national publications.

“This recognition demonstrates our commitment to delivering advanced stroke patients quickly and safely,” Director of Boca Raton Regional’s Marcus Neuroscience Institute Dr. Frank D. Vrionis said. “Boca Raton Regional Hospital is dedicated to excellence in the treatment of stroke patients. This award reinforces our team’s hard work.”

The Marcus Neuroscience Institute, which opened in 2015, has been a big help for the hospital in taking care of stroke patients. The facility is 57,000 square feet and includes four operating rooms and an intraoperative MRI scanner. It also offers education, special events and support groups for those who have experiences symptoms of a stroke.

The hospital is now one of just four in Palm Beach County to be named by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration as a Comprehensive Stroke Center.

The Boca Raton Regional Hospital continues to be active in the “Get With The Guidelines” program and also continues in pushing forward in trying to give the best possible care to stroke patients.