M Health Fairview hospitals receive national recognition for excellence in stroke care
When someone is having a stroke, every minute matters. At M Health Fairview, our teams know that quick, coordinated care can make all the difference, helping patients recover faster and return to the people and activities they love.
This year, eight of our hospitals were recognized by the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines®–Stroke program for their commitment to high standards of care and continuous improvement. The program honors hospitals that consistently use the latest research-backed treatments to improve outcomes for stroke patients.
Our 2025 award recipients include:
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M Health Fairview University of Minnesota Medical Center (UMMC) — Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
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M Health Fairview Southdale Hospital — Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
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M Health Fairview St. John’s Hospital — Gold Plus
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M Health Fairview Woodwinds Hospital — Stroke Achievement Bronze
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M Health Fairview Northland Medical Center — Gold Plus
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M Health Fairview Lakes Medical Center — Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
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M Health Fairview Grand Itasca Clinic & Hospital — Gold Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite
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Fairview Range Medical Center — Silver Plus, Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite, Rural Acute Stroke Bronze
Always striving for better outcomes
Every award represents the real goal behind our work: giving patients the best possible chance to recover and return home. The American Heart Association tracks how hospitals perform on things that matter most in critical moments: how quickly treatments are given, whether patients get the right medications before they go home, and how well care teams stick to the latest evidence-based guidelines. It also acknowledges the continuous improvements at facilities.
In 2024 M Health Fairview Lakes Medical Center, for example, saw 100% of eligible patients received proper stroke treatment in less than 60 minutes.
“We are proud to provide high-quality stroke care to our community,” says Nicholas Jubert, MD, emergency medicine specialist and stroke medical director at M Health Fairview. “Delivering the best outcomes for our patients requires exceptional collaboration, both across our hospital team and within the M Health Fairview system, and we remain committed to advancing that care every day."
These awards also demonstrate M Health Fairview's dedication to all patients, within all hospitals.
"Within our health system, geography does not determine the quality of stroke care. I am especially proud of our hospitals located outside the Twin Cities metro area where exceptional clinical outcomes are the result of close collaboration between local hospital staff and our stroke telemedicine program," says Christopher Streib, MD, MS, cerebrovascular director with M Health Fairview and associate professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. "This fall, Grand Itasca Hospital in Grand Rapids, Minn. will become our first telemedicine-supported hospital to apply for Primary Stroke Center certification, an example of our health system's commitment to stroke care across the entire state of Minnesota."
