American Heart Association Awards

Did you know Torrance Memorial is the ONLY hospital in California to receive 7 out of 8 Awards from the American Heart Association? We’re proud to receive these honors for exceptional cardiovascular and stroke care. See below how we compare to other local hospitals and learn more about each award!

G+: Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus Heart Failure These hospitals are recognized for two or more consecutive calendar years of 85% or higher adherence on all achievement measures applicable and 75% or higher adherence with additional select quality measures in heart failure.

G+: STEMI: Gold Plus Receiving These hospitals are recognized for 75% or higher achievement of First Door-to-Device time of 120 minutes or less for transferred STEMI (heart attack) patient for two or more consecutive years.

G+: Get With The Guidelines Gold Plus Stroke These hospitals are recognized for two or more consecutive calendar years of 85% or higher adherence on all achievement measures applicable and 75% or higher adherence with additional select quality measures in stroke.

G: Get With The Guidelines Gold Resuscitation These hospitals are recognized for two or more consecutive calendar years of 85% or higher adherence on all achievement measures in resuscitation.

S: NSTEMI: Silver These hospitals are recognized for achieving 65% adherence to Dual Antiplatelet prescription at discharge and 75% or higher compliance on each of the other four performance measures for one consecutive calendar year.

HR: Target: Stroke Honor Roll These hospitals are recognized for at least three consecutive months of 50% or higher adherence to all relevant Target measures in addition to current Silver or Gold Get With the Guidelines – Stroke recognition status.

HR: Target: Heart Failure These hospitals are recognized for at least three consecutive months of 50% or higher adherence to all relevant Target measures in addition to current Silver or Gold Get With the Guidelines – Heart Failure recognition status.

E+: Target: Honor Roll – Elite Plus These hospitals are recognized for at least a year of 75% or higher achievement of door-to-needle times within 60 minutes AND 50% achievement of door-to-needle times within 45 minutes in applicable stroke patients in addition to current Silver or Gold Get With the Guidelines – Stroke recognition.