Stroke outcomes

Award-winning stroke care

Montage Health consistently earns the American Heart Association's Get with the Guidelines®️ Gold Plus award for stroke care. This means patients receive the highest standard of stroke care, including: 

  • Fast, coordinated treatment when every second counts
  • Care based on the latest proven guidelines to save lives and preserve brain function
  • Coordinated support from a highly trained team focused on the best possible recovery

Stroke program

Two million brain cells die every minute during a stroke. The faster intravenous (IV) thrombolytic therapy (medication that dissolves the clot that's causing the stoke) is given, the better the outcome.

How we compare* Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula GWTG
all hospitals		 GWTG
CA** hospitals

Higher is better (Full year 2025 data)

Door to treatment in 60 minutes
Percent of acute ischemic stroke patients who received IV thrombolytic therapy within 60 minutes of arriving to the hospital.

 Better 97.6% 90.1% 94.2%
Door to treatment in 45 minutes

Percent of acute ischemic stroke patients who received IV thrombolytic therapy within 45 minutes of arriving to the hospital.

 Better 90% 74.1% 82.7%
Door to treatment in 30 minutes

Percent of acute ischemic stroke patients who received IV thrombolytic therapy within 30 minutes of arriving to the hospital.

 Better 59.1% 39.1% 50.9%

Lower is better (Full year 2025 data)

IV thrombolytic complication rate
Complications include: bleeding into the brain and/or other serious bleeding risks (e.g., gastrointestinal).

 Better 2.9% 4.5% 5%

Data is shown for ischemic stroke, which is caused by arteries to the brain being narrowed or blocked, resulting in reduced blood flow. If this continues, even for a few minutes, brain cells start to die.

*As compared to all (nationwide) hospitals in the American Heart/Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines (GWTG) database. GWTG is a program that ensures continuous quality improvement of stroke treatment and ischemic stroke prevention. The program aims to help ensure that eligible patients are initiated on guideline-recommended therapies and receive appropriate counseling prior to hospital discharge.

**California (CA) hospitals in the American Heart/Stroke Association Get with the Guidelines database (GWTG).