15 Loyola Medicine Primary Care Practices Recognized for Excellence in Treating Hypertension

MAYWOOD, IL –  The American Heart Association® and the American Medical Association recognized 15 Loyola Medicine primary care practices for their commitment to achieving better blood pressure control by awarding them Gold Status though their national initiative, Target: BP™. Formed to combat the elevated rates of high blood pressure in the United States, the initiative’s ultimate goal is to reduce the number of Americans who suffer heart attacks and strokes. Target: BP helps health care organizations and care teams improve blood pressure control rates through an evidence-based quality improvement program. Each year Target: BP recognizes organizations committed to improving blood pressure control.

The following Loyola centers were recognized as Target BP Gold level practices in 2022 for reaching 70% blood pressure control or higher within their patient populations.

• Loyola Medicine – Berwyn
• Loyola Medicine – Burr Ridge
• Loyola Medicine – Elmhurst/Oak Park
• Loyola Medicine – Elmwood Park
• Loyola Medicine – Gottlieb 210
• Loyola Medicine – Gottlieb 416
• Loyola Medicine – Hickory Hills
• Loyola Medicine – Homer Glen
• Loyola Medicine – LaGrange Internal Medicine
• Loyola Medicine – Loyola LaGrange
• Loyola Medicine – Maywood Family Medicine
• Loyola Medicine – North Riverside
• Loyola Medicine – Oakbrook Terrace
• Loyola Medicine – Riverside
• Loyola Medicine: Loyola Outpatient Center

“We are honored to have Loyola Medicine recognized by the American Heart Association and American Medical Association,” said Shawn P. Vincent, president and CEO of Loyola Medicine. “We are dedicated to saving lives by helping patients control their blood pressure and providing the best possible care to our community.”

Congratulations to all our Loyola colleagues for their unwavering commitment to improving blood pressure control.

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About Loyola Medicine

Loyola Medicine, a member of Trinity Health, is a nationally ranked academic, quaternary care system based in Chicago’s western suburbs. The three-hospital system includes Loyola University Medical Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, MacNeal Hospital, as well as convenient locations offering primary care, specialty care and immediate care services from more than 1,500 physicians throughout Cook, Will and DuPage counties. Loyola is a 547-licensed-bed hospital in Maywood that includes the William G. and Mary A. Ryan Center for Heart & Vascular Medicine, the Cardinal Bernardin Cancer Center, a Level 1 trauma center, Illinois’s largest burn center, a certified comprehensive stroke center and a children’s hospital. Having delivered compassionate care for over 50 years, Loyola also trains the next generation of caregivers through its academic affiliation with Loyola University Chicago’s Stritch Scool of Medicine and Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing. Established in 1961, Gottlieb is a 247-licensed-bed community hospital in Melrose Park with the Judd A. Weinberg Emergency Department, the Loyola Center for Metabolic Surgery and Bariatric Care and the Loyola Cancer Care & Research Facility at the Marjorie G. Weinberg Cancer Center. MacNeal is a 374-licensed-bed teaching hospital in Berwyn with advanced medical, surgical and psychiatric services, acute rehabilitation, an inpatient skilled nursing facility and a 68-bed behavioral health program and community clinics.

For more information, visit loyolamedicine.org. You can also follow Loyola Medicine on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.

About Trinity Health

Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity Health system includes 88 hospitals, 131 continuing care locations, the second largest PACE program in the country, 125 urgent care locations and many other health and well-being services. Based in Livonia, Michigan, its annual operating revenue is $20.2 billion with $1.2 billion returned to its communities in the form of charity care and other community benefit programs.

For more information, visit www.trinity-health.org or follow us on LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter.