ARMC Achieves Comprehensive Stroke Re-Certification

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center (ARMC) is proud to announce it has achieved Comprehensive Stroke re-certification through Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for compliance with a comprehensive set of national standards, as well as for its work providing high-quality care and demonstrating a commitment to quality and patient safety.

Certification is a process through which healthcare organizations demonstrate compliance with national standards. Certification by ACHC reflects an organization’s dedication and commitment to meeting standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care.

Meeting the standards to treat the most complex stroke cases, ARMC’s stroke center has the capacity to provide acute care, administer tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), and deliver other acute therapies safely and efficiently.

In addition, ARMC is a several-time recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines Stroke Quality Achievement Awards, recognizing the hospital’s commitment to ensuring that stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally recognized, research-based guidelines informed by the latest scientific evidence.

About Accreditation Commission for Health Care

ACHC is a nonprofit organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. ACHC is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has CMS deeming authority for Home Health, Hospice and DMEPOS.

About Arrowhead Regional Medical Center

Arrowhead Regional Medical Center is a 456-bed university-affiliated teaching hospital licensed by the California Department of Public Health, operated by San Bernardino County, and governed by the Board of Supervisors. It is ARMC’s mission, in an environment of learning and innovation, to serve our diverse community with high-quality, compassionate care. The hospital, located on a 70-acre campus in Colton, California, operates the Edward G. Hirschman Regional Burn Center, the Dev A. GnanaDev Trauma Center, a comprehensive stroke center, an inpatient behavioral health center, neonatal intensive care unit, women’s health and maternal-fetal medicine, orthopedics, five primary care centers and more. ARMC also provides more than 40 outpatient specialty care services. ARMC is helping to achieve the Countywide Vision by addressing the community’s wellness and educational needs. ARMC is the primary teaching hospital for the California University of Science and Medicine (CUSM). The university welcomed its first class of students in 2018. For more information on CUSM, visit cusm.edu. For more information about ARMC, visit arrowheadregional.org.