Providence Swedish North Puget Sound hospitals have once again been recognized by the American Heart Association (AHA) for outstanding performance in stroke and diabetes care as part of the American Heart Association (AHA's) Get With The Guidelines® program, marking more than a decade of continuous excellence.
Get With The Guidelines® is an in-hospital program established by the AHA for improving stroke care through consistent adherence to the latest scientific treatment guidelines. The program's success is backed by data and published studies measuring patient outcome improvements.
Providence Swedish North Puget Sound hospitals received the following 2025 Get With The Guidelines® awards:
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett earned Stroke Gold Plus, along with Stroke Honor Roll Elite and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
- Swedish Edmonds earned Stroke Gold Plus with Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll.
Read more about the metrics for each award here.
About Providence Swedish
Providence Swedish has served the Puget Sound region since the first Providence hospital opened in Seattle in 1877 and the first Swedish hospital opened in 1910. The two organizations affiliated in 2012 and today comprise the largest health care delivery system in Western Washington, with 22,000 caregivers, eight hospitals and 244 clinics. A not-for-profit family of organizations, Providence Swedish provides more than $406 million in community benefit in the Puget Sound Region each year. The health system offers a comprehensive range of services and specialty and subspecialty care in a number of clinical areas, including cancer care, cardiovascular health, neurosciences, orthopedics, digestive health and women’s and children’s care.
About Get With The Guidelines®
Get With The Guidelines® is the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s hospital-based quality improvement program that provides hospitals with the latest research-based guidelines. Developed with the goal of saving lives and hastening recovery, Get With The Guidelines® has touched the lives of more than 12 million patients since 2001. For more information, visit heart.org.
