Category: Stroke | Huntington Hospital

Huntington Health is nationally recognized for its commitment to providing high quality stroke care

July 12, 2022

Huntington Health has received the American Heart Association’s GoldPlus Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke quality achievement award for its commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines, ultimately leading to more lives saved and reduced disability. Stroke is the No. 5 cause of death and a […]

Huntington Hospital Earns National Recognition for Efforts to Improve Stroke Treatment

September 20, 2021

The American Heart Association presents Get With The Guidelines GoldPlus award for commitment to prioritizing quality care for stroke patients Huntington Hospital has received the American Heart Association’s GoldPlus Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Achievement Award for their commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines. Stroke […]

Huntington Hospital Receives Get With the Guidelines-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

August 12, 2020

American Heart Association Award recognizes Huntington Hospital’s commitment to quality stroke care Huntington Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines based on the […]

American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Recognizes Huntington Hospital’s Critical Care Unit with Silver Beacon Award for Excellence

May 8, 2020

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN), Aliso Viejo, California, recently conferred a silver-level Beacon Award for Excellence in critical care at Huntington Hospital, Pasadena. The Beacon Award for Excellence — a significant milestone on the path to exceptional patient care and healthy work environments — recognizes unit caregivers who successfully improve patient outcomes and […]

Huntington Hospital 1st in Los Angeles to Adopt Viz LVO Platform for Artificial Intelligence Powered Stroke Care

January 21, 2020

As a leader in stroke care, Huntington Hospital has partnered with Viz.ai to bring the first FDA-cleared computer-aided triage system to the Los Angeles area. Huntington Hospital has deployed this applied artificial intelligence-based technology to help facilitate early access to the most advanced stroke care. The hospital is the first in Los Angeles County to […]

Huntington Hospital named America’s 100 Best for Cardiac Care and 100 Best for Coronary Intervention

October 30, 2019

Huntington Hospital is one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals for Cardiac Care and 100 Best for Coronary Intervention according to a national study by Healthgrades, the leading online resource for information about physicians and hospitals. Every year, Healthgrades evaluates hospital performance at nearly 4,500 hospitals nationwide for 32 of the most common inpatient procedures and […]

Doc Talk: Top five questions about vaping

October 23, 2019

What is vaping and how harmful can it be? Huntington Hospital’s Medical Director of Pulmonology, Daryl Banta, MD offers the five most common questions his patients ask him about vaping. What is vaping? The term vaping refers to the act of inhaling the aerosol, or vapor, produced by an e-cigarette or similar battery-powered devices. These […]

Huntington Hospital named an Anticoagulation Center of Excellence

September 24, 2019

Huntington Hospital is pleased to announce that we have passed the Anticoagulation (AC) Forum’s assessment test and will continue as an “Anticoagulation Center of Excellence.” This designation, initially obtained in 2016, illustrates Huntington Hospital’s strong commitment to providing the highest level of care to patients taking antithrombotic medications. “We are very proud to have passed […]

Huntington Hospital Receives Get With The Guidelines Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award

July 3, 2019

American Heart Association Award recognizes Huntington Hospital’s commitment to quality stroke care. Huntington Hospital has received the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally […]

Huntington Hospital Performs First WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure to Treat Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

July 10, 2018

Last month, Alex Durairaj, MD, medical director of cardiovascular services and Mayer Rashtian, MD, director of electrophysiology, performed Huntington Hospital’s first implant of the FDA-approved WATCHMAN™ Left Atrial Appendage Closure (LAAC) device on a patient with atrial fibrillation (AFib). Huntington Hospital is the only facility in the San Gabriel Valley to offer the WATCHMAN device […]

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