News at UI Health

UI Health received the American Heart Association’s Commitment to Quality award for achieving high performance across three or more clinical areas in the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) Get With The Guidelines^® program for 2026.

Just 222 hospitals in the U.S. received the Commitment to Quality award in 2026, and hospitals earning this award demonstrated a comprehensive approach to quality improvement. By participating in three or more Get With The Guidelines® programs, health systems commit to using real-time data registries, evidence-based protocols, and cross-disciplinary teamwork to raise the standard of care across multiple specialties. UI Health also earned the Commitment to Quality award in 2025, the inaugural year for the award.

This year, UI Health was recognized with eight quality-achievement awards from the AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines^® program. The Get With The Guidelines^® achievement awards recognize health systems for demonstrating commitment to following up-to-date, research-based guidelines for the treatment of heart disease and stroke, ultimately leading to more lives saved, shorter recovery times, and fewer readmissions to the hospital.

UI Health received the following quality achievement awards:

Stroke

• Get With The Guidelines^® – Stroke Gold Plus with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus with Advanced Therapy and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
  
  • Stroke Recognition Criteria

Heart Failure

• Get With The Guidelines^® – Heart Failure Gold Plus with Target: Heart Failure Optimal and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll
  
  • Heart Failure Recognition Criteria

Coronary Artery Disease

• Get With The Guidelines^® – Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI Gold
  • Coronary Artery Disease NSTEMI Recognition Criteria
• Get With The Guidelines^® – Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Gold Plus
  • Coronary Artery Disease STEMI Receiving Recognition Criteria

Resuscitation

• Get With The Guidelines^® – Resuscitation with Target: CPR
• Get With The Guideline^s® – Resuscitation Gold–Neonate/Infant
• Get With The Guidelines^® – Resuscitation Gold–Newly Born
• Get With The Guidelines^® – Resuscitation Bronze–Adult
  
  • Resuscitation Recognition Criteria

This year is the 10th consecutive year UI Health has received a Get With The Guidelines® recognition for stroke; the eighth consecutive year for heart failure; the fifth for coronary artery disease (STEMI/NSTEMI); and the third consecutive year for resuscitation.

Heart disease and stroke are the No. 1 and No. 5 causes of death in the United States, respectively, according to the AHA 2026 Statistical Update, and studies show patients can recover better when providers consistently follow treatment guidelines.

Each Get With The Guidelines® program promotes consistent adherence to the latest research-driven guidelines and measurement, while providing data and information to professionals for continual improvement in patient care.