Danbury Hospital and Nuvance Health’s New Milford campus have received American Heart Association Quality Achievement Awards for implementing specific quality improvement measures to treat patients who suffer severe heart attacks and for their commitment to managing heart failure patients.  Vassar Brothers Medical Center and Norwalk Hospital also received the award.   Danbury Hospital and its New Milford campus also received American Heart Association Get with the Guidelines awards. Danbury Hospital earned the Heart Failure Gold Plus with Target: Heart Failure Honor Roll and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll. New Milford received the Heart Failure Gold Plus.  Both Danbury Hospital and Vassar Brothers Medical Center earned the 2022 Mission: Lifeline® Gold Plus STEMI Receiving Center Achievement Award. Every year, more than 250,000 people experience an ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), the deadliest type of heart attack, caused by a blockage of blood flow to the heart that requires timely treatment. To prevent death, it’s critical to restore blood flow as quickly as possible, either by mechanically opening the blocked vessel or by providing clot-busting medication.