CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin Earns Prestigious Stroke Award

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LUFKIN, TEXAS (May 1, 2015)… Located deep in the heart of the Stroke Belt, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin recognizes the desperate need for quality stroke care and improving the lives of our community. For the fourth year in a row, the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association awarded CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin with the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke GOLD PLUS Quality Achievement Award for outstanding stroke care.

CHI St. Luke’s Health is one of an elite number of hospitals to achieve 85 percent or higher compliance with all Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Achievement Measures and 75 percent or higher compliance with five or more Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke Quality Measures for two or more consecutive years. Additionally, the hospital was recognized for achieving Time to Intravenous Thrombolytic Therapy in less than 60 minutes in more than 50 percent of applicable acute ischemic stroke patients.

“Our greatest reward is serving our patients to achieve the best possible outcomes. That’s why we’re committed to turning treatment guidelines into lifelines,” said CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin President and System Chief Operating Officer Shawn Barnett. “Being honored for providing excellent patient care is the best recognition a hospital can receive.”

Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke is an in-hospital program for improving stroke care by promoting consistent adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines.

Angelina County is situated in a volatile area plagued with an overabundance of stroke incidents, called the Stroke Belt. High rates of uninsured and underserved populations coupled with significantly higher risk factors, such as obesity, diabetes, smoking, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and overall lack of well-being relates to more patients experiencing strokes each year in this area than in any other region of the country.

Even though May is known nationally as Stroke Month, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial places a high level of importance on the diagnosis, treatment, prevention, rehabilitation, and recovery of stroke patients every day. With board certified neurologists and neurosurgeons on staff, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial is the area’s first and only Joint Commission Certified Primary Care Stroke Center.

During the month of May, the American Stroke Association strives to get the word out about the No. 5 deadliest disease in the United States. Every 40 seconds someone in the nation has a stroke, and it is the No. 1 leading cause of disability in the U.S. It’s essential to recognize the signs and symptoms of a stroke, by learning to act FAST.

  • Face Drooping
  • Arm Weakness
  • Speech Difficulty
  • Time to Call 9-1-1

Recognizing these symptoms and calling 9-1-1 could make the difference between life and death or between full recovery and permanent disability.

When a stroke patient arrives at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial, a dedicated stroke team meets him or her at the door to provide timely treatment. That’s why earning the Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke GOLD PLUS Quality Achievement Award truly is truly a team effort. Physicians, nurses, the entire Emergency Department team and quality improvement professionals turn these guidelines into a daily practice to improve the lives of stroke patients.

The Get With The Guidelines®-Stroke GOLD PLUS award is the highest recognition given by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association.

About CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial

CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial paves the way for quality, innovative health care in East Texas and provides more than a quarter of a million patient services each year.

Our mission is to provide quality health care to the communities it serves. With hospitals in Lufkin, Livingston, San Augustine and Memorial Specialty – the area’s only long-term acute care hospital – CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial provides millions of dollars in charity care and community support each year.

CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial offers a wide array of services, including the area’s first dedicated heart and stroke care facility and radiation oncology at the Temple Cancer Center. It is also known for the area’s only comprehensive diabetes, heart and stroke education center. Other specialty areas include imaging, orthopedic care, women’s services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, homecare, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen therapy, kidney & diabetes treatment, sleep disorders treatment and express lab.

Lee Miller
Lee Miller was born in Denison, TX and grew up in East Texas with his family. He studied music education at Stephen F. Austin State University taking a job in television on his last day of student teaching. Lee also provides business authoritative expertise to the broadcast industry as a consultant. Presently he is CEO of MSG Resources LLC, which specializes in consulting within broadcast best practices, distribution technologies and media strategy mastery. - - - - - Lee Miller is a well-known veteran of the broadcast media industry with particular experience in leading for-profit and non-profit broadcasting organizations. His career began in Lufkin, Texas in the early 80’s where he progressed from studio operations to creative services and network management. Mr. Miller has since received various professional designations and memberships such as Society of Broadcast Engineers accredited frequency coordinator, The Energy Professionals Association Certified Energy Consultant, and National Religious Broadcasters Television Committee & past Chair. Lee also serves as the Executive Director of the Advanced Television Broadcasting Alliance, is a member of the Advanced Television Systems Committee and is proud to be part of Texas Association of Broadcasters Golden Mic Club, highlighting extraordinary careers in broadcasting. Continued engagement with his community is at the core of his business practices serving on the board of the Salvation Army and as keyboardist for the contemporary worship band at Harmony Hill Baptist Church. Lee lives near Lufkin Texas on one of his family’s tree farms located in the Texas Forest Country region north of Houston. He is married to Kenla and has two grown children, Joshua, COO of MSGPR Ltd Co and Morgan, a Critical Care ICU RN.

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