The Medical
Center of Central Georgia (MCCG) has earned the Gold
Seal of Approval™ from The Joint Commission for Primary
Stroke Centers. MCCG earned this distinction after the
Joint Commission conducted an on-site review in
May.
Studies have shown that many patients can expect
to receive increased care and improved long term
outcomes at dedicated stroke
centers.
Each year
about 700,000 people in the
United
States experience
a new or recurrent stroke, which is the nation’s third
leading cause of death. On average, someone suffers a
stroke every 45 seconds and someone dies of a stroke
every 3.1 minutes.
Georgia’s death
rate is 20% higher than the national average. Stroke is a
leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the
United
States, with about
4.7 million stroke survivors alive
today.
MCCG treats
approximately 625 ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke
patients from around Central
Georgia each year,
and this figure is expected to grow as more patients are
transferred to the
MCCG
Stroke
Center in order to
access their stroke care services. Additionally,
some acute stroke victims may benefit from the
cutting-edge neuro-interventional services available at
MCCG depending on the circumstances of their condition.
“The Medical
Center of Central Georgia demonstrated that its stroke
care program follows national standards and guidelines
that can significantly improve outcomes for stroke
patients,” says Jean E.
Range,
MS, RN, CPHQ,
executive director, Disease-Specific Care Certification,
Joint Commission.
“We’re proud
to achieve this distinction,” says Don Faulk, president
and CEO of MCCG. “Joint
Commission
Primary
Stroke
Center
Certification recognizes The Medical Center of Central
Georgia’s commitment to providing outstanding care to
our patients and our community.” To view more
information about MCCG’s
Stroke
Center, please
visit www.strokemacon.com.
Don Faulk, President
& CEO of the Medical Center of Central
Georgia
The Joint
Commission’s Primary Stroke Center Certification is
based on the recommendations for primary stroke centers
published by the Brain Attack Coalition and the American
Stroke Association’s statements/guidelines for stroke
care. The Joint Commission launched the program—the
nation’s first—in 2003.
A list of
programs certified by the Joint Commission is available
at www.jointcommission.org.
About Joint
Commission
Founded in
1951, The Joint Commission seeks to continuously improve
the safety and quality of care provided to the public
through the provision of health care accreditation and
related services that support performance improvement in
health care organizations. The Joint Commission
evaluates and accredits more then 15,000 health care
organizations and programs in the
United
States, including
more than 8,000 hospitals and home care organizations,
and more than 6,800 other health care organizations that
provide long term care, assisted living, behavioral
health care, laboratory and ambulatory care services.
The Joint Commission also accredits health plans,
integrated delivery networks, and other managed care
entities. In addition, the Joint Commission provides
certification of disease-specific care programs, primary
stroke centers, and health care staffing services. An
independent, not-for-profit organization, the Joint
Commission is the nation's oldest and largest
standards-setting and accrediting body in health care.
Learn more about the Joint Commission at www.jointcommission.org.
About The
Medical Center of Central Georgia
The
Medical Center of Central Georgia (MCCG), an entity of
Central Georgia Health System (CGHS), is a designated
Level I Trauma Center and Magnet™ hospital for
nursing serving the residents of Central and
South Georgia with a primary and secondary service
area of 28 counties and a population of nearly 750,000
people. The Medical
Center has
approximately 5,000 employees and a medical staff of
more than 500 physicians. MCCG is the second largest
hospital in Georgia with a
capacity of 637 beds including medical-surgical,
obstetric, pediatric, psychiatric, cardiac intensive
care, neurology intensive care, pediatric intensive
care, and cardiac surgery intensive care. Thirty-four
beds are leased to Regency Hospital of Central Georgia,
a long-term, acute-care facility.
Central
Georgia
Rehabilitation
Hospital, an entity
of CGHS, partners with MCCG to provide a 58-bed,
medical-rehabilitation hospital for pediatric, adult,
and geriatric patients. MCCG is the primary academic
hospital for Mercer University School of Medicine,
providing residency programs for almost 100 residents.
MCCG provides a broad range of community-based,
outpatient diagnostic, primary care, urgent-care
services, extensive home-health and hospice-care
services, as well as comprehensive rehab services.
The Medical Center of Central
Georgia...striving to make excellence a daily
standard.