The American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines program.

Get With The Guidelines (GWTG) is a hospital-based quality improvement initiative created by the American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Stroke Association (ASA) to improve the care of patients with cardiac diseases and stroke. It supports the AHA mission to reduce death and disability due to cardiovascular diseases and stroke. It is evidence-based and founded on the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Guidelines for secondary prevention of cardiovascular diseases and is designed to help health care providers consistently treat patients in accordance with these accepted guidelines.

Dialing 911: a call to action.

Cardiovascular disease and stroke are the nation's leading causes of disability and death. Scientific advances have provided newer treatments that, when applied effectively and in time, save a significant number of lives. Multiple factors in our system of delivery impede our ability to apply effective treatments, but with an analysis of the components of care, each of us can take leadership roles in our communities to improve the chain of survival.