Holy Name is Nationally Recognized for its Commitment to Excellence in Cardiovascular Care

Holy Name has received five American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines® achievement awards for consistently following up-to-date, research-based guidelines to improve patient outcomes, reduce readmissions, and shorten hospital stays. The program is designed to improve the management and outcomes of patients with heart disease and stroke. This specific achievement award includes:

• Get With The Guidelines® – Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award: Recognizes Holy Name’s commitment to providing timely, evidence-based stroke care that aligns with nationally recognized treatment guidelines, helping improve patient outcomes, save lives, and reduce disability.
• Target: StrokeTM Honor Roll Elite Award: Honors hospitals that meet rigorous criteria for reducing the time between an eligible stroke patient’s arrival and treatment with thrombolytic therapy.
• Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll Award: Recognizes hospitals that provide the latest evidence-based care for hospitalized stroke patients with Type 2 diabetes, who are at increased risk for complications.
• Get With The Guidelines® – Resuscitation GOLD Achievement Award: Recognizes hospitals that demonstrate excellence in improving outcomes for patients who experience in-hospital cardiac arrest by using data-driven quality improvement initiatives and adhering to evidence-based resuscitation practices.
• Target: CPR Achievement Award: Honors hospitals that demonstrate high-quality care during in-hospital cardiac arrest events by consistently following the latest research-based CPR guidelines and achieving key performance measures for resuscitation care.

Get With The Guidelines puts the expertise of the American Heart Association and American Stroke Association to work for hospitals nationwide, helping ensure patient care is aligned with the latest science-backed guidelines. As a participant in the Get With The Guidelines programs, Holy Name qualified for the awards by demonstrating a sustained commitment to improving the quality of cardiovascular care.

“Holy Name is devoted to providing high-quality care, and we recognize the critical role that treatment guidelines and streamlined processes play in delivering the best outcomes for the patients we serve, Vasantha Kondamudi, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer at Holy Name. “Receiving five Get With The Guidelines awards is validation of this commitment to excellence and our ability to provide fast, effective comprehensive care for cardiac and stroke emergencies.”

Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 4 causes of death in the United States, respectively, according to the American Heart Association’s 2026 Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics Report. Studies show patients can experience better outcomes when care teams consistently follow evidence-based treatment guidelines.

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About Holy Name

Holy Name is New Jersey’s only independent Catholic health system, comprising a 361-bed acute care hospital, a renowned cancer center, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a residential hospice, a prestigious nursing school, and an extensive physician network. Healing at Holy Name goes beyond medicine and technology – it is infused with faith, conviction, compassion, and a commitment to educating the next generation of healthcare professionals through graduate medical education, a Pharmacy Residency Program, and our Institute for Simulation Learning. Our mission to provide care for the body, mind, and soul spans education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and overall wellness. This is at the core of who we are and what we do, and we’ve done it this way across generations, every single day, for nearly 100 years. Every innovation, medical breakthrough, and groundbreaking treatment is powered by some of the best minds in medicine, ensuring nothing is left on the table or the road to recovery

About Get With The Guidelines

Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines has touched the lives of more than 18 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.