Sanford Sheldon Medical Center recognized for stroke care
| Jan. 2, 2024 |
| Contact: Megan Jensen Sanford Health Media Relations 605-312-4312 / Megan.Jensen2@sanfordhealth.org |
SHELDON, I.A. — Sanford Sheldon Medical Center has been recognized by the American Heart Association Iowa for their dedication to improving care for stroke patients through the American Heart Association’s Mission: Lifeline Stroke Post-Acute Care initiative.
Sanford Sheldon is one of 24 facilities across the state of Iowa that has been recognized for their commitment to this initiative.
“We are honored to be recognized as a leader in high-quality, post-stroke care by the American Heart Association Iowa,” said Rick Nordahl, senior director of Sanford Sheldon. “This recognition reaffirms Sanford Health’s leadership in rural health care by providing the expert care that patients need, close to home.”
The Mission: Lifeline Stroke is the American Heart Association’s national initiative to transform stroke care by focusing on connecting all components of acute stroke care into a smoothly integrated system that reinforces use of evidence-based guidelines, measures performance, identifies gaps, and engages in improvement projects at a systems level.
For more information about Sanford Health in Sheldon, visit SanfordHealth.org keyword: Sheldon.
About Sanford Health
Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America’s heartland. Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization serves more than one million patients and 201,000 health plan members across 250,000 square miles. The integrated health system has 46 medical centers, 2,800 Sanford physicians and advanced practice providers, 170 clinical investigators and research scientists, 186 Good Samaritan Society senior living centers and world clinics in nine countries around the globe. Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.
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